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Piccard, Jean Felix, 1884-1963

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Personal name headingPiccard, Jean Felix, 1884-1963
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Variant(s)Piccard, Jean, 1884-1963
Birth date1884-01-28
Death date1963-01-28
Place of birthBasel (Switzerland)
Place of deathMinneapolis (Minn.)
Field of activityChemical engineering
Found inLibrary of Congress Manuscript Division for Piccard Family, ca. 1470-1983 (Jean Felix Piccard; chemical engineer, balloonist, and aeronautical engineer; pioneered in balloon exploration of the stratosphere; born 28 Jan. 1884 in Basel, Switzerland; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1931; died 28 Jan. 1963 in Minneapolis, Minn.)
LC database, 3/25/96 (hdg.: Piccard, Jean Felix, 1884-1963; usage: Jean Felix Piccard and Jean Piccard)