Pierre Jacquinot

Pierre Jacquinot (18 January 1910 – 22 September 2002) was a French physicist.

Pierre Jacquinot and his wife in 1965

Jacquinot was a PhD student of Aimé Cotton.[1] He was director of Laboratoire Aimé-Cotton during almost 20 years (1951-1962 and 1969-1978). From 1962 to 1969 he was appointed director general of CNRS.[2]

In 1966 he entered the French Academy of Sciences. He became its president from 1980 to 1982.


Awards
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References
  1. "Thèse de Pierre Jacquinot Recherches sur le phénomène de Zeeman dans les champs magnétiques intenses". TEL (thèses-en-ligne). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. J-F Picard; P. E. Mounier-Kuhn (1987). "Entretiens avec Pierre Jacquinot". HistCNRS. Retrieved 24 June 2015.


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