Auguste Piccard

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aeronaut balloonist explorer human inventor oceanographer physicist

Auguste Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer renowned for his pioneering high-altitude balloon flights and deep-sea submersible designs that advanced scientific exploration of extreme environments.

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Label Occurrences
Auguste Piccard canonical 11
Bertrand Piccard 2
Piccard 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aeronaut ⓘ
balloonist ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
oceanographer ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
birthCountry Switzerland ⓘ
birthDate 1884-01-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Jacques Piccard ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1931-05-27 ⓘ
deathDate 1962-03-24 ⓘ
educatedAt ETH Zurich ⓘ
employer ETH Zurich ⓘ
Vrije Universiteit Brussel ⓘ
surface form: Université libre de Bruxelles
familyName Auguste Piccard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Piccard
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Auguste ⓘ
inspiredCharacter Professor Cuthbert Calculus ⓘ
inspiredWork The Adventures of Tintin ⓘ
knownFor design of bathyscaphe ⓘ
design of pressurized gondola ⓘ
high-altitude balloon flights ⓘ
stratospheric exploration ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf Swiss Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Auguste Piccard self-link ⓘ
nationality Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: Swiss
notableWork FNRS-1 bathyscaphe ⓘ
FNRS-1 bathyscaphe ⓘ
surface form: FNRS-2 bathyscaphe

bathyscaphe Trieste ⓘ
surface form: Trieste bathyscaphe design
occupation explorer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
performedFirst manned flight into the stratosphere with a pressurized cabin ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lausanne ⓘ
placeOfEvent Augsburg ⓘ
reachedAltitude 15781 meters ⓘ
residence Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Lausanne ⓘ
sibling Jean Piccard ⓘ
spouse Marie-Therese Piccard ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

bathyscaphe Trieste → designer → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
Jacques Piccard → familyName → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piccard
Jacques Piccard → father → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
Jacques Piccard → child → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bertrand Piccard
Jacques Piccard → heritage → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piccard family of scientists and explorers
Bertrand → hasNotableBearer → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bertrand Piccard
Auguste Piccard → name → Auguste Piccard self-link ⓘ
Auguste Piccard → familyName → Auguste Piccard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piccard
Auguste → hasNotableBearer → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
FNRS-1 bathyscaphe → designer → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
subject surface form: FNRS-1
FNRS-1 bathyscaphe → associatedWith → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
subject surface form: FNRS-1
Marie-Therese Piccard → spouse → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
Marie-Therese Piccard → connectedTo → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
Professor Cuthbert Calculus → basedOn → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
Jean Piccard → sibling → Auguste Piccard ⓘ
Jean Piccard → relative → Auguste Piccard ⓘ