PICCARD, Jacques, Ph.D.

PICCARD, Jacques, Ph.D.

Switzerland (1922-2008)

Last updated: December 22, 2019 at 4:26 am

Oceanographer; engineer; first person - along with Lt. Don Walsh - to have reached the deepest point on the earth’s surface, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench on January 23, 1960 aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste; built four submarines including the Auguste Piccard, the world’s first passenger submarine; founder of the Foundation for the Study and Protection of Seas and Lakes; son of Auguste Piccard; father of Bertrand Piccard.

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EDITOR’S NOTE
The deepest point of the Challenger Deep is deeper than the depth reached by the bathyscaphe Trieste in 1960.

Hubbard Medal (2012)
NOGI (Science, 1967)

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