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Albert Caquot
Albert Caquot, wearing a dark suit in the foreground, in École Polytechnique premises, Paris, ca 1900.
Born
1 July 1881
Vouziers, Ardennes, France
Died
28 November 1976(1976-11-28) (aged 95)
Paris, France
Nationality
French
Education
École Polytechnique, 1899 Ponts et Chaussées
Occupation(s)
Engineer and inventor
Albert Irénée Caquot (1 July 1881 – 28 November 1976) was a French engineer. He received the “Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)” (military honor) and was Grand-croix of the Légion d’Honneur (1951). In 1962, he was awarded the Wilhelm Exner Medal.[1] He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences from 1934 until his death in 1976.
Albert Irénée Caquot (1 July 1881 – 28 November 1976) was a French engineer. He received the “Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)” (military honor) and...
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copies of the German Parseval Drachen balloons but the French capitaine AlbertCaquot, for whom it was named, developed a much-improved design that replaced...
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1963 Eduard Justi, 1963 Theodore von Kármán, 1962 Franz Patat, 1962 AlbertCaquot, 1962 Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, 1961 Rudolf Vogel [de], 1961 Paul...
Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering in 1994, and the AlbertCaquot Award in 2001. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on May...
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