Yvette Cauchois was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 physicist

Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 known for her contributions to x-ray spectroscopy

X-ray spectroscopy

X-ray spectroscopy is a gathering name for several spectroscopic techniques for characterization of materials by using x-ray excitation.-Characteristic X-ray Spectroscopy:...

 and x-ray optics

X-ray optics

X-ray optics is the branch of optics which manipulates X-rays instead of visible light. While lenses for visible light are made of transparent materials that can have a refractive index substantially larger than 1, for X-rays the index of refraction is slightly smaller than unity. The principal...

. Long-term faculty member of the University of Paris IV (then Sorbonne) as director of the Laboratory of Physical
Chemistry, Cauchois was also a research associate of the French National Center for Scientific Research, spent time working in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, and was a recipient of a number of awards: the Ancel Prize in 1933, Henri Becquerel Prize in 1935, Gizbal-Baral Prize in 1936, Henry de Jouvenel Prize in 1938, Jerome Ponti Prize in 1942, the Triossi Prize in 1946 and the Medal of the Czechoslovak Society of Spectroscopy in 1974. She was also made a Commander of the Order of the Ministry of Education, Officer of the Legion of Honor, and Officer of the National Merit by the French government. Born in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, she died of bronchitis

Bronchitis

Acute bronchitis is an inflammation of the large bronchi in the lungs that is usually caused by viruses or bacteria and may last several days or weeks. Characteristic symptoms include cough, sputum production, and shortness of breath and wheezing related to the obstruction of the inflamed airways...

 while visiting Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

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