Rue Edouard Branly

Edouard Branly was a French physicist born on October 23, 1844 in Amiens and died on March 24, 1940 in Paris. He is mainly known for having invented the first radio detector, called the "coherer", in 1890. This invention was crucial for the development of radio engineering and radio in general. He also worked on magnetic and electromagnetic phenomena, and was a member of the Academy of Sciences.