biography
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Piccard, Jean (Felix)
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pronunciation:
[peekah(r)]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1884–1963)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Basel, N Switzerland, the twin brother of Auguste Piccard. He took a chemical engineering degree at the Swiss Institute of Technology in 1907, taught at Munich, Lausanne, and Chicago universities, and became professor emeritus of aeronautical engineering at Minnesota University (1936–52). His chief interest was in the exploration of the stratosphere, and he designed and ascended (with his wife) in a balloon from Dearborn, Detroit, in 1934, to a height of 11 mi, collecting valuable data concerning cosmic rays. He became a US citizen in 1931. |
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