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Michel Orrit

French physicist
Person human Q1930849

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
February 27, 1956
Place of birth
Toulouse
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands, France[5][6]
Occupation
physicist, university teacher
Employer
Leiden University[8]
Award received
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize, Spinoza Prize, Edison Volta Prize, Hans Sigrist Prize[9][10][11][12]
Doctoral student
Fedor Jelezko[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[18]
Family name
Orrit[16]
Given name
Michel[17]
Member of
Academia Europaea[13]
Native language
French[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en M.A.G. Orrit en Michel A.G. Orrit en Michel Orrit de Orrit fi One of the pioneer of the scintific field of single-nmolecule spectroscopy nl M. Orrit pt One of the pioneer of the scintific field of single-nmolecule spectroscopy ru Мишель Оррит ru Один из основателей направления спектроскопии одиночных молекул ru Оррит, Мишель
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ISNI
0000000012134648
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3607-3426
VIAF cluster ID
49509768
Library of Congress authority ID
n2001002363
OpenAlex ID
A5065097100as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
MichelOrrit2017.jpg ↗
AE member ID
Orrit_Michel
BIBSYS ID
28239
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
OrritM(Michel)1956-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
150489510
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1229dkfz
IdRef ID
060231157
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Leidse Hoogleraren ID
2343
NARCIS researcher ID
PRS1243188
NUKAT ID
n2016136726
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007374409305171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
239225856
SHARE Catalogue author ID
66824
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgRM4kDG6FWVkJtrQBHG3
Yale LUX ID
person/2668060c-3f21-4234-8e73-469d848f1c7c

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Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
🔗 Connections
Award received 4
Spinoza Prize, Edison Volta Prize, Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize, Hans Sigrist Prize
Affiliated with 2
Leiden University, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands
Country of citizenship 2
France, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Occupation 2
physicist, university teacher
Author of 1
Super-resolution Localization and Defocused Fluorescence Microscopy on Resonantly Coupled Single-Molecule, Single-Nanorod Hybrids
Employer 1
Leiden University
Given name 1
Michel
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Member of 1
Academia Europaea
Native language 1
French
Place of birth 1
Toulouse
Sex or gender 1
male
← Authored by 1
Super-resolution Localization and Defocused Fluorescence Microscopy on Resonantly Coupled Single-Molecule, Single-Nanorod Hybrids
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Summary

Michel Orrit was born on February 27, 1956[1], in Toulouse[2]. He has worked as a physicist[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Michel Orrit born?

Michel Orrit was born in Toulouse[2].

What did Michel Orrit do for work?

Michel Orrit worked as a physicist[3] and university teacher[4].

What awards did Michel Orrit receive?

Honors received include Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize[9], Spinoza Prize[10], Edison Volta Prize[11], and Hans Sigrist Prize[12].

Related Entities

France Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands Leiden University

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  11. [11] ↑ . eps.org. eps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . www.ae-info.org. wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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