Joseph Plateau 1801–1883 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Joseph Plateau Belgian physicist (1801–1883) People from the Same Era Adolphe de Chanal 1811–1882 military officer, military personnel, official, politician Paris Franz Richter 1810–1861 entrepreneur Bochov Gustaf Adolf Fredrik Wilhelm von Essen 1803–1874 military personnel Stralsund Zecharias Frankel 1801–1875 editor, rabbi, theologian Prague Emma Darwin 1808–1896 Maer Triantafyllos Lazaretos 1800–1884 military personnel, politician Cephalonia