Claude Jobert Explained

Claude Jobert
Birth Date:	5 March 1829
Birth Place:	Dijon, France
Death Place:	14th arrondissement of Paris, France
Citizenship:	French
Nationality:	French
Fields:	Engineering, Aeronautics
Known For:	Pioneer in Aeronautics

Claude Jobert, born on in Dijon^[1] and died on in the 14th arrondissement of Paris,^[2] was a French mechanical engineer and inventor, and one of the pioneers of aeronautics.

Biography

He studied kite flying from 1870 onwards and explored the possibility of using them for aerial navigation. As vice-president of the Academy of Aeronautics, he built mechanical birds with two or four wings in 1873.^[3] In 1875, he flew with Théodore Sivel, Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, and the brothers Albert and Gaston Tissandier aboard the balloon Zénith from La Villette to the Landes in nearly 23 hours^[4] . He also conducted meteorological studies during the flights and served as an instructor at the Industrial School.^[5]

Jules Verne mentioned him in Chapter III of his novel Robur the Conqueror.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://archives.cotedor.fr/v2/ad21/visualiseur/ir_ead_visu_lien.html?ir=26564&id=699061944 Acte de naissance à Dijon, n° 156, vue 134/377.
2. https://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjMtMDktMTYiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6Mjc4NDQ0O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-85%2C5&uielem_islocked=1&uielem_zoom=145&uielem_brightness=0&uielem_contrast=0&uielem_isinverted=0&uielem_rotate=F Acte de décès (avec âge et lieu de naissance) à Paris 14e, n° 5334, vue 10/31.
3. Georges Besançon, L'Aérophile: revue technique et pratique de la locomotion aérienne, No. 4, April 1903, (obituary)
4. https://www.leonc.fr/histoire/ballon/ballon.htm Site leonc.fr, page Paris - Arcachon: un voyage en ballon
5. Adolphe Ganot, Georges Maneuvrier, Traité élémentaire de physique, 1894,
6. [Alexandre Tarrieu]