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Fabry, Marie Paul Auguste Charles (1867–1945)


Charles Fabry
A French physicist who co-invented the Fabry-Pérot interferometer, with Alfred Pérot, and suggested the use of the Fabry lens. He is also known for his research into light in connection with astronomical phenomena, and as the discoverer of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere. He became a professor at the University of Marseilles (1904) and the Sorbonne (1920).


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