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Jean Hoerni was a Swiss physicist, engineer, businessperson, and mountaineer. Born in Geneva in 1924, he held citizenship in Switzerland. He was a member of the group known as the traitorous eight. His professional work earned him the W. Wallace McDowell Award and the John Scott Award. He is also recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection.
Hoerni died in Seattle on January 12, 1997. In addition to his scientific and business careers, he participated in the sport of mountaineering.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Geneva
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Occupation
- engineer
- Sport
- mountaineering
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- date of birth
- 1924-09-26
- date of death
- 1997-01-12
- member of
- traitorous eight
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