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

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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