Jacques Piccard
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 15 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 28,1922 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Brussels |
| Belgium | |
| Date of died | November 1,2008 |
| Died | Cully |
| Switzerland | |
| Books | Hubbard Medal |
| Children | Bertrand Piccard |
| Job | Scientist |
| Education | École Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande |
| Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | |
| University of Geneva | |
| The Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID) | |
| Parents | Auguste Piccard |
| Awards | Hubbard Medal |
| Known for | Bathyscaphe |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 534873 |
Jacques Piccard Life story
Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents.
Don Walsh: The man who made the deepest ever dive
... " On 23 January, 1960, Don and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard, who had designed the bathyscaphe with his father Auguste Piccard, began their descent beneath the waves...
The Mariana trench-Don Walsh's son repeated historical ocean dive
... On 23 January 1960, the former US Navy officer, accompanied by Swiss national-Jacques Piccard, made the first manned dive to the bottom of the earth, the deepest ocean trench with the deep-sea submersible Trieste...
Kathy Sullivan: the woman who made history, in sea and space
... Navy Lt Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard, and has only been achieved a couple of times since, including Titanic Director James Cameron...
Victor Vescovo: adventurer deepest ocean, reaching locations
... The American oceanographer Don Walsh made history in 1960 when he joined Jacques Piccard in the implementation of the first manned dive to the deepest point of the earth - the Challenger Deep, a part of the Pacific s Mariana Trench...
Jacques Piccard Photos
