Jacques Blamont

Jacques Emile Blamont (13 October 1926 – 13 April 2020) was a French astrophysicist[1][2] and author. He was the founder scientific and technical director of National Centre for Space Studies (CNES-Centre national d'études spatiales). Blamont was known to have worked to the development of Veronique, the first rocket launched by France in 1957.[3][4] He was born in Paris.

He was an elected fellow of the French Academy of Technologies[5] and a professor emeritus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University (University of Paris VI).[6]

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[7]

Blamont was honored as Commander of the Legion of Honour and Padma Shri.[3][8]

Blamont died on 13 April 2020 in Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine, aged 93.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Interview de Jacques Blamont". YouTube video. Thinkerview. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Interview with Jacques Blamont". Jean-Paul Baquiast and Christophe Jacquemin. 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Royal Academy of Sciences profile" (PDF). Royal Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ "Planetary Society". Planetary Society. 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "NATF Fellow". NATF. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Diploweb". Diploweb. 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jacques Blamont". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Augereau, Jean-François (14 April 2020). "L'astrophysicien, Jacques Blamont, un des pères de l'aventure spatiale française, est mort". Le Monde. Retrieved 14 April 2020.