Pierre Tardi

Pierre Antoine Ernest Tardi was a French geophysicist, astronomer, and geographer. From 1946 to 1960, he was the secretary general of the International Association of Geodesy, and editor-in-chief of the Bulletin Géodésique from 1946 to 1951. He also served as president of the Société astronomique de France from 1964 to 1966.

Occupation

astronomer, university teacher, geophysicist, geodesist

Position held

president, president of the French Academy of Sciences, director, president

Citizenship

France

Born

June 4, 1897

Died

August 5, 1972