Georges Charpy

Infobox Scientist
name = Georges Charpy


image_width = 300px
birth_date = birth date|df=yes|1865|9|1
birth_place = Oullins, Rhône, France
death_date = death date and age|df=yes|1945|11|25|1865|9|1
death_place = Paris, France
residence = France
nationality = French
field = Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics,
work_institution = École Monge (1887), École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (1920), École Polytechnique (1922)
known_for = Charpy impact test

Georges Charpy, full name Georges Augustin Albert Charpy (1 September 1865 – 25 November 1945) was the French scientist who created the Charpy impact test. He attended École Polytechnique from 1885 to 1887 and graduated with a degree in Marine Artillery. In 1887 he became a professor at École Monge. In 1892 he published his physics thesis. In 1920 he became a professor of metallurgy at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. In 1922 he became the professor of general chemistry at École Polytechnique.

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