Jacques Piccard

Jacques Piccard
Piccard in 1979
Born(1922-07-28)28 July 1922
Brussels, Belgium
Died1 November 2008(2008-11-01) (aged 86)
Cully, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
ChildrenBertrand Piccard (son)
FatherAuguste Piccard
RelativesJean Felix Piccard (uncle)
Known forBathyscaphe
AwardsHubbard Medal (2012)

Jacques Piccard (28 July 1922 – 1 November 2008)[1] was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lieutenant Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest known part of the world's ocean, and the deepest known location on the surface of Earth's crust, the Mariana Trench, located in the western North Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ "Deep sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead". Swedishinfo.ch. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2008.