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Auguste Piccard

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Auguste Piccard

Birth
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Death
24 Mar 1962 (aged 78)
Lausanne, District de Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Lausanne region. Add to Map
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Physicist, inventor and explorer. Well noted for his balloon flights to study upper earth atmosphere as well as for dives with his self-designed submersible "Bathyscaphe" to explore ocean depths.
Auguste Piccard was the inspiration for Professor Calculus (frz. Prof. Tournesol, dt. Prof. Bienlein) in the comic "The Adventures of Tintin" by Herge.
Physicist, inventor and explorer. Well noted for his balloon flights to study upper earth atmosphere as well as for dives with his self-designed submersible "Bathyscaphe" to explore ocean depths.
Auguste Piccard was the inspiration for Professor Calculus (frz. Prof. Tournesol, dt. Prof. Bienlein) in the comic "The Adventures of Tintin" by Herge.


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