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.

Aliases (3)

Bertrand Piccard ×2
Piccard ×2
Piccard family of scientists and explorers ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aeronaut → balloonist → explorer → human → inventor → oceanographer → physicist →
birthCountry	Switzerland →
birthDate	1884-01-28 →
birthPlace	Basel NERFINISHED →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	Jacques Piccard →
countryOfCitizenship	Switzerland →
dateOfEvent	1931-05-27 →
deathDate	1962-03-24 →
educatedAt	ETH Zurich →
employer	ETH Zurich → Université libre de Bruxelles →
familyName	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 →
nationality	Swiss →
notableWork	FNRS-1 bathyscaphe → FNRS-2 bathyscaphe → 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 → Lausanne →
sibling	Jean Piccard →
spouse	Marie-Therese Piccard →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Auguste Piccard ("Piccard") → Jacques Piccard ("Piccard") →	familyName
Jacques Piccard ("Bertrand Piccard") →	child
bathyscaphe Trieste →	designer
Jacques Piccard →	father
Bertrand ("Bertrand Piccard") →	hasNotableBearer
Jacques Piccard ("Piccard family of scientists and explorers") →	heritage
Auguste Piccard →	name