biography
pronunciation:
[klohd]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1870–1960)
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| biography:
| Chemist and physicist, born in Paris, France. He is noted for his work on gases, and is credited with the invention of neon lighting for signs (1910). He supported the Vichy government in World War 2, and was imprisoned as a collaborator (1945–9). |
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