What is Frank Popper?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Frank Popper |image = Popperfrank (cropped-2).JPG |image_size = 300px |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|4|17}} <!-- date from French Wikipedia--> |birth_place = [[Prague]], now [[Czech Republic]] <!-- also from French Wikipedia--> |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|7|12|1918|4|17}} |death_place = [[Lugano]], [[Switzerland]] |residence = |citizenship = Dual [[France|French]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] citizenship <!-- also from French Wikipedia--> |institutions = |nationality = |ethnicity = |fields = |workplaces = |alma_mater = [[Paris-Sorbonne University]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = [[Historian]] of [[art]] and [[technology]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |religion = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |signature_alt = |footnotes = }} '''Frank Popper''' (April 17, 1918<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/751407|title=Art, action and participation|first=Frank|last=Popper|date=15 February 1975|publisher=Studio Vista|via=National Library of Australia (new catalog)}}</ref> &ndash; July 12, 2020) was a French [[historian]] of [[art]] and [[technology]]. He was Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art at the [[University of Paris VIII]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/shared/fr/promo/lh/jo100402llhcivile.html |title=Présidence de la République |access-date=2010-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603035700/http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/shared/fr/promo/lh/jo100402llhcivile.html |archive-date=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was author of the books: ''Origins and Development of Kinetic Art'', ''Art, Action, and Participation'', ''Art of the Electronic Age''<r