Background
BLAMONT, Jacques was born on October 13, 1926 in Paris. Son of Emile Blamont.
BLAMONT, Jacques was born on October 13, 1926 in Paris. Son of Emile Blamont.
Graduate, École National Supérieure, 1948. Doctor of Science, Paris University, 1956.
Professor Paris University, 1957—1996, professor emeritus, since 2009. Director Service D'aeronomie du National Center for Scientific Research, 1958—1985. With French Space Agency Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, 1962, director, 1972.
Chief scientist, advisor Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, 1993, advisor to president, since 2009. Commander Legion D'honneur, France, grand officer L'ordre National Merite France.
Author: (book) Venus Devoilee, 1987, Le Chiffre Et Le Songe, 1993, Histoire des Marrance de Toulouse, 2000, Introduction au Siecle des Menaces, 2004. Contributor scientific papers.
Member of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Exceptional Science Achievement award 1972, Disting Service medal 2000), COSPAR (Vikbram Saraibhai medal 1994, Space Science award 2004), Internat.Acad. Astronautics (Guggenheim medal 1967, Theodore Von Karman medal 1989), American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences, United States, Indian National Science Academy, French Academy of Sciences.
Married Claudie Annette Lyon, January 4, 1972.