Jean-Louis Michel (oceanographer) explained

Jean-Louis Michel
Occupation:	Oceanographer
Known For:	Discovery of the wreck of

Jean-Louis Michel (born 1945) is a French oceanographer and engineer.

He discovered subsea intervention in 1969 with the French Navy as an officer at the Groupe des Bathyscaphes headed by Captain Georges Houot.^[1] In 1985, Jean-Louis Michel (along with marine geologist Robert Ballard) led a team of French and American explorers who found the wreckage of the .^{[2] [3]}

Robert Ballard mentions in an interview with Forbes magazine that Jean-Louis Michel rarely gets enough credit for co-discovering the Titanic. ^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://iao.gso.uri.edu/iao/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=41
2. Web site: Eckholm . Erik . Man In The News - Explorer Of The Sea - Robert Ballard . . 1985-09-10 . 2013-08-11.
3. Web site: Institute for Archaeological Oceanography - Jean-Louis Michel . 2009-06-20 . dead . https://archive.today/20070502103347/http://iao.gso.uri.edu/iao/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=35 . 2007-05-02 .
4. Web site: Titanic Speaks to Oceanographer Who Found Wreck at Bottom of the Atlantic. .