Background
Fontaine, Maurice Alfred was born on October 28, 1904 in Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, France. Son of Émile and Lea (Vadier) Fontaine.
Fontaine, Maurice Alfred was born on October 28, 1904 in Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, France. Son of Émile and Lea (Vadier) Fontaine.
Lycee Henri IV, Paris, and Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Paris.
Director Laboratory at Ecole pratique des hautes etudes since 1946. Director Institute Oceanographique, Paris 1957-1968, since 1975. President Society Europeenne d’Endocrinologie comparee since 1969.
Director of Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 1966-1971. Lectures on comparative and ecological physiology, particularly of marine animals. Specializes in comparative endocrinology and fish migration.
Director of Research in these fields and also the study of ectocrine substances in sea water and marine pollution. Former President Academy, des Sciences. Commander Legion d'honneur, Commander Ordre de Sahametrei (Cambodia), Commander Ordre de St. Charles (Monaco).
Member Academy Agriculture, Academy Medicine Paris (president), Academy of Sciences Paris, New York Academy of Sciences, Pacific Science Association, Ecophysiology Society (founder, president 1974), Club Des Explorateurs.
Married Yvonne Broca, August 2, 1928. 1 child, Yves Alain.