Background
Benoît, Henri Charles was born on July 11, 1921 in Montpellier, France. Son of Jean-Daniel and Henriette (Bois) Benoît.
Benoît, Henri Charles was born on July 11, 1921 in Montpellier, France. Son of Jean-Daniel and Henriette (Bois) Benoît.
Diploma in Physics, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1946. Doctor of Science, University Strasbourg, 1950.
Assistant Harvard University 1952-1953. Professor University of Strasbourg (Director Physics and Chemistry Research Unit) since 1954, Institute Charles Sandron 1985. Director Centre for Macromolecular Research, C.N.R.S. 1967-1978.
President Division of Macromolecular Chemistry, 1UPAC 1971-1975: Professor University Louis-Pasteur Strasbourg since 1985. Honorary degree (Uppsala) 1971, (Aberdeen) 1973 (Lodz) 1977.
Member of French Chemical Society (president molecular & macromolecular physical chemistry section 1971-1975), Academy of Sciences (correspondent).
Married Marie-Therese Bigand Benoît, July 20, 1946. Children: Nicole, Alain, Eric.