Education
He studied in the Science Faculty in the Lebanese University (Arabic: كلية العلوم، الجامعة اللبنانية) at Hadath Beirut.
He studied in the Science Faculty in the Lebanese University (Arabic: كلية العلوم، الجامعة اللبنانية) at Hadath Beirut.
From 1971 until 1982, he was Professor in Physics and finally Head of the Physics department at Hadath University (Beyrouth). He joined French National Centre (National Center for Scientific Research) in 1982. From 1982 until 2006 he pursued several research activities and contributed to more than 80 scientific publications.
He officially retired from National Center for Scientific Research in 2006 with the grade of "Directeur de Recherche".
He continued his research activity until 2008 (year of death)
Eid Hourany was born in Yaroun (South Lebanon) in March 1940. Due to hazardous translation from Arabic in his early French administrative papers, his name was sometimes referred to as "Hourani" instead of "Hourany".
He carried out his first research work during his Doctor of Philosophy. He used for this purpose intense radioactive sources created in European Organization of Nuclear Research accelerator (Genève) and a supraconducting magnetic solenoïde developed some years before(named "SOLENO"). His latest research activity concerned GRAAL European project(to be documented).
He studied Physics in the Lebanese University before gaining a scholarship to specialise in Nuclear Physics in France.
From 1971 and after completing his Doctor of Philosophy, he taught in the Faculty of Science in the Lebanese University and became the Head of the Physics Department until 1982.