Georges Claude
French engineer and inventor
Died when: 89 years 242 days (1075 months)Star Sign: Libra

Georges Claude (24 September 1870 – 23 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor.He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on generating energy by pumping cold seawater up from the depths.
He has been considered by some to be "the Edison of France".Claude was an active collaborator with the German occupiers of France during the Second World War, for which he was imprisoned in 1945 and stripped of his honors.
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