death_date death_place birth_place awards birth_date known_for image article_title name
28 november 1925 paris , france metz , france janssen -rrb- medal -lrb- 1912 -rrb- rumford medal -lrb- 1918 3 november 1863 fabry -- pérot interferometer alfred perot.jpg alfred perot
 alfred perot
alfred perot

jean-baptiste alfred perot -lrb- ; 3 november 1863 -- 28 november 1925 -rrb- was a french physicist .
together with his colleague charles fabry he developed the fabry -- pérot interferometer .
the french academy of sciences awarded him the janssen medal for 1912 .
the royal society awarded fabry and perot the rumford medal in 1918 .
