Auguste Piccard
(1884-1962)
Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer
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Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer, known for his record-breaking helium-filled balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere. Auguste was also known for his invention of the first bathyscaphe, FNRS-2, with which he made a number of unmanned dives in 1948 to explore the ocean's depths.
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28 January 1884 Basel, Switzerland
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24 March 1962 (aged 78) Lausanne, Switzerland
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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