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Jun 21, 1863 Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium Died on 26 Jan 1939 (aged 75)
Belgian physicist
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About Albert Sauveur
- Albert Sauveur (21 June 1863 – 26 January 1939) was an American Metallurgist, originally from Belgium. Sauveur was born in Leuven, Belgium.
- He studied at Athénée Royal in Brussels, then the School of Mines, Liege and graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1889. Sauveur founded the first metallographic laboratory in a university.
- From 1924 to 1939, he held the Gordon McKay Professor of Mining and Metallurgy title at Harvard University.
- From 1939 on, ASM International started bestowing the Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, for achievements in materials science and engineering. He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1913 and the Franklin Medal in 1939, both from The Franklin Institute.
