Langevin family

The Langevin family is a French family with some prominent scientists. French psychiatrist Philippe Pinel, and French physicist Paul Langevin, both members of the French Academy of Sciences, are the most prominent members.

Langevin family
Current region	France
Place of origin	Normandy, France
Members	Philippe Pinel Paul Langevin Edouard Chavannes Charles Koechlin Luce Langevin-Dubus Roger Dajoz Hélène Langevin-Joliot Jacques Solomon Eliane Montel Paul-Gilbert Langevin
Connected families	Curie family Koechlin family
Distinctions	psychiatry physics chemistry archeology sinology classical music musical composition biology ecology entomology nuclear physics physical chemistry musicology

Genealogy

• Philippe Pinel (1745–1826), psychiatrist
  • Louis Pinel, French soldier and Chinese general, son of Leon Pinel, grand-nephew of Philippe Pinel
  • Marie-Adelaide Pinel, teacher, daughter of Leon Pinel, grand-niece of Philippe Pinel x Victor-Charles Langevin, son of Joseph Langevin and Marie-Louise Maillet
    • Victor Langevin
    • Julien Langevin, wine salesman
    • Paul Langevin (1872–1946), physicist, teacher at Collège de France x Jeanne Desfosses, whose nephew was producer Pierre Bourgeois
      • Jean Langevin (1899–1979), physicist x Edwige "Vige" Grandjouan, artist and teacher, daughter of Jules Grandjouan (1875–1968), artist, journalist, activist
        • Bernard "Tiapa" Langevin, mountain guide x Claire Chavannes, daughter of Fernand Chavannes and granddaughter of Edouard Chavannes (1865–1918), archeologist and sinologist, then X Annette Mirel, sociologist
          • Remi Langevin (born 1950), mathematician, topologist, geometer
        • Sylvestre "Sylvio" Langevin, naval architect x Annick Balaresque, artist
        • Noemie Koechlin, born Langevin, biologist x Yves Koechlin, physicist, son of Charles Koechlin (1867–1950), composer
          • Laurent Koechlin, astrophysicist
      • Andre Langevin (1901–1977), physicist x Luce Langevin (1899–2002), physicist, teacher, activist
        • Aline Langevin, english teacher x Roger Dajoz, biologist
          • Isabelle Dajoz, biologist
        • Michel Langevin (1926–1985), physicist, activist x Helene Langevin-Joliot, physicist, daughter of Frederic Joliot (1900–1958), physicist, and Irene Curie (1897–1956), physicist
          • Yves Langevin (born 1951), astrophysicist
      • Madeleine Langevin (1902–1977) x Albert Varloteau, ceramist and unionist
        • Jacques Varloteau, teacher
      • Helene Langevin-Solomon (1909–1995), deputy, resistant x Jacques Solomon (1908–1942), physicist, then x Andre Parreaux, historian
    • Paul Langevin x Eliane Montel (1898–1992), physicist
      • Paul-Gilbert Langevin (1933–1986), musicologist x Anne-Marie Desbat (1941–2016), physics teacher
        • Paul-Eric Langevin (born 1979), linguist and transcriber
        • Isabelle Langevin (born 1983), physiotherapist

Langevin family tree

Langevin family tree

Philippe Pinel 1745–1826 Leon Pinel (nephew) Joseph Langevin Marie-Louise Maillet Jakob Nerval Montel Eva Fitt Louis Pinel Marie-Adelaide Pinel Victor-Charles Langevin Gilbert Montel Eliane Montel 1898–1992 Paul Langevin 1872–1946 Jeanne Desfosses Julien Langevin Victor Langevin Anne-Marie Desbat Paul-Gilbert Langevin 1933–1986 Jules Grandjouan Paul Langevin Jeanne Langevin Iser Solomon Alice Habib Edwige Grandjouan (Vige) Jean Langevin Andre Langevin Luce Langevin 1899–2002 Madeleine Langevin Albert Varloteau Andre Parreaux Helene Solomon-Langevin Jacques Solomon 1908–1942 Isabelle Langevin Paul-Eric Langevin Michele Norel (adopted) Edouard Chavannes 1865–1918 Claire Chavannes Bernard Langevin (Tiapa) Noemie Langevin Sylvestre Langevin Michel Langevin Aline Langevin Jacques Varloteau Remi Langevin (son) Charles Koechlin (Yves's father) 1867–1950 Yves Koechlin (Noemie's husband) Annick Balaresque (Sylvestre's wife) Helene Langevin-Joliot (Michel's wife) Roger Dajoz (Aline's husband) Yves Langevin (son)

See also

• Curie family
• Koechlin family

Photographs

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  Paul Langevin, photograph by Henri Manuel.
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  Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest, Paul Langevin, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Pierre Weiss, in Leyde in 1920.
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  Lunch in honour of Albert Einstein, circa 1923.
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  The first Solvay Conference in 1911, Paul Langevin is the first standing on the right, next to Albert Einstein.

External links

• Paty, Michel (2012). "Relativity in France". In Glick, T. F. (ed.). The Comparative Reception of Relativity. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 113–168. ISBN 9789400938755. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
• Langevin, P. (1911), "The Evolution of Space and Time", Scientia, X: 31–54 (translated by J. B. Sykes, 1973 from the original French: "L'évolution de l'espace et du temps").
• Wolfram research biographical entry by Michel Barran.
• Julien Bok and Catherine Kounelis (2007). "Paul Langevin (1872–1946) – From Montmartre to the Panthéon: The Paris journey of an exceptional physicist" (PDF). Europhysics News. 38 (1).
• Adrienne R. Weill-Brunschvicg (2008). "Langevin, Paul - Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 2008". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
• Charles Coulston Gillispie, Dictionary of scientific biography, Vol. 8, biography written by Francis Perrin, New York, Scribner's sons, 1973.
• Family of Paul Langevin, during the funeral, listening to Education minister Marcel Naegelen's talk, 21 December 1946 in France.
• Family of Paul Langevin, Maurice Thorez and Jacques Duclos, during the funeral, 21 December 1946 in France.
• Media related to Paul Langevin at Wikimedia Commons
• Works written by or about Paul Langevin at Wikisource