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Auguste Antoine Piccard (1884–1962) was a Swiss physicist, explorer, and balloonist. Born in Basel, he studied at the University of Basel and ETH Zurich, later working in Zurich. His fields of work included physics and oceanography. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and received the Commander of the Legion of Honour and the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille.
Piccard was the father of Jacques Piccard and the sibling of Jean Piccard. He spoke French and held municipal affiliation with Lutry. His published works include *Entre terre et ciel*, *Über den Wolken, unter den Wellen*, *In balloon and bathyscaphe*, and *Au fond des mers en bathyscaphe*. He died in Chexbres of a myocardial infarction.
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Key facts
- Born
- Auguste Antoine Piccard , ( 1884-01-28 ) 28 January 1884, Basel , Switzerland
- Died
- 24 March 1962 (1962-03-24) (aged 78), Lausanne , Switzerland
- Known for
- Bathyscaphe , Magnetocaloric effect
- Children
- Jacques Piccard (son)
- Relatives
- Jean Piccard (brother) Bertrand Piccard (grandson) Don Piccard (nephew)
- Alma mater
- ETH Zurich
- Fields
- physics , inventor , explorer
- Institutions
- Free University of Brussels (now Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Basel
- Place of death
- Chexbres
- Child
- Jacques Piccard
- Sibling
- Jean Piccard
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Basel
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- oceanography
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13738, Auguste Piccard.jpg
- Work location
- Zurich
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- Auguste Piccard
- date of birth
- 1884-01-28
- date of death
- 1962-03-24
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- Auguste Piccard
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Auguste Antoine Piccard
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Lutry
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Encyclopedic overview
Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere and became the first person to enter the upper atmosphere. Piccard testified in a 1931 science magazine, "The earth appeared to be a flat disk with an upturned edge." Piccard was also known for his invention of the first bathyscaphe, FNRS-2, with which he made a number of unmanned dives in 1948 to explore the ocean's depths.
Piccard's twin brother Jean Felix Piccard is also a notable figure in the annals of science and exploration, as are a number of their relatives, including Jacques Piccard, Bertrand Piccard, Jeannette Piccard and Don Piccard.
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