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Jacques Piccard
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Swiss oceanographer (1922–2008)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1922-07-28 ) 28 July 1922, Brussels , Belgium
- Died
- 1 November 2008 (2008-11-01) (aged 86), Cully , Switzerland
- Children
- Bertrand Piccard (son)
- Father
- Auguste Piccard
- Relatives
- Jean Felix Piccard (uncle)
- Known for
- Bathyscaphe
- Awards
- Hubbard Medal (2012)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Brussels metropolitan area
- Place of death
- La Tour-de-Peilz
- Child
- Bertrand Piccard
- Father
- Auguste Piccard
- Occupation
- oceanographer
- Educated at
- Graduate Institute of International Studies
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Hubbard Medal
- Notable work
- bathyscaphe
- Field of work
- oceanography
- Image
- Jacques Piccard (1979).jpg
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- Commons category
- Jacques Piccard
- date of birth
- 1922-07-28
- date of death
- 2008-11-01
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Lutry
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacques Piccard (28 July 1922 – 1 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lieutenant Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest known part of the world's ocean, and the deepest known location on the surface of Earth's crust, the Mariana Trench, located in the western North Pacific Ocean.
Family life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacques Piccard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.