Pierre Jacquinot Explained

Pierre Jacquinot (18 January 1910 – 22 September 2002) was a French physicist.

Jacquinot was a PhD student of Aimé Cotton.^[1] He was director of Laboratoire Aimé-Cotton during almost 20 years (1951-1962 and 1969-1978). From 1962 to 1969 he was appointed director general of CNRS.^[2]

In 1966 he entered the French Academy of Sciences. He became its president from 1980 to 1982.

Awards

• Jacquinot's advantage
• 1950: Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize
• 1976: Three Physicists Prize
• 1978: CNRS Gold medal

References

1. Web site: Thèse de Pierre Jacquinot Recherches sur le phénomène de Zeeman dans les champs magnétiques intenses. TEL (thèses-en-ligne). 24 June 2015.
2. Web site: Entretiens avec Pierre Jacquinot . J-F Picard . P. E. Mounier-Kuhn. HistCNRS. 1987. 24 June 2015.