Jean-Louis Michel (oceanographer)

Jean-Louis Michel (born 1945) is a French oceanographer and engineer.

Jean-Louis Michel
Born1945 (age 74-75)
Nationality France
OccupationOceanographer
Known forDiscoveries of the wreck of RMS Titanic

He discovered subsea intervention in 1969 with the French Navy as an officer at the Groupe des Bathyscaphes headed by Captain Georges Houot.[1] In 1985, Jean-Louis Michel (along with marine geologist Robert Ballard) led a team of French and American explorers who found the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.[2][3]

Robert Ballard mentions in an interview with the Forbes that Jean-Louis Michel rarely gets enough credit for co-discovering the Titanic. [4]

References

  1. Eckholm, Erik (1985-09-10). "Man In The News - Explorer Of The Sea - Robert Ballard". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2009-06-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2017/01/21/titanic-speaks-to-oceanographer-who-found-wreck-at-bottom-of-the-atlantic/


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