Justin-Miranda René (René) Benoît
1844–1922
French physician and physicist. MD, Montpellier, 1869; doctorat ès sciences, École des hautes études, 1873. Assistant director, Bureau international des poids et mesures, 1877; director, 1889. Translated Expression into French with Samuel Jean Pozzi (1874). Standardised units of length, temperature, and electrical resistance.
Sources
DBF
DSB
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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