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Georges Charpak
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Georges Charpak

1924 – 2010 · aged 86

French physicist (1924-2010)

Born
1 Aug 1924 · Dubrovytsia
Died
29 Sept 2010 · 5th arrondissement of Paris
Part ofUkraine896 CE – todayPoland967 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 1 Aug 1924BornBorn in Dubrovytsia
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1971AwardCNRS silver medal
  4. 1973AwardJean-Ricard Prize
  5. 1977AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
  6. 1989AwardHigh Energy and Particle Physics Prize
  7. 1992AwardNobel Prize in Physics
  8. 1993AwardHonorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  9. 1994AwardHonorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles
  10. 1994AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Coimbra
  11. 1995AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
  12. 1997AwardOfficer of the National Order of Merit
  13. 2007AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
  14. 29 Sept 2010DiedDied in 5th arrondissement of Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1924 – 2010).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Hersz Georges Charpak (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ʃaʁpak]; 1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 for his invention of the multiwire proportional chamber.

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