Thomas-François Dalibard (born 15 November 1704 in Paris – died 12 January 1770 in Paris) was a French physicist notable for his work in the field of electricity. He is best known for his experiments in 1752 that involved lightning and demonstrated that lightning was a form of electrical discharge. Dalibard conducted experiments on the conduction of electricity using a lightning rod, which he had developed based on the theories suggested by Benjamin Franklin.

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