page_title: Louis Leprince-Ringuet
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Leprince-Ringuet
caption_attribution_description: English: Own reward from my friend Louis Leprince Ringuet Français&#160;: Une photo très chère avec mon ami Louis (fr:Louis Leprince-Ringuet)
context_page_description: Louis Leprince-Ringuet was a French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science.
  Leprince-Ringuet advocated strongly for the creation of the European Organization for Nuclear Research and remained its indefatigable supporter. He was vice chair and chair of CERN’s scientific policy committee.
context_section_description: Louis Leprince-Ringuet (27 March 1901, in Alès – 23 December 2000, in Paris) was a French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science.
  Leprince-Ringuet advocated strongly for the creation of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and remained its indefatigable supporter. He was vice chair (1956–69) and chair (1964–66) of CERN’s scientific policy committee.
caption: Louis Leprince Ringuet
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