Pierre Lacroute
French astronomer
Pierre Lacroute, was a French astrophysicist and pioneer of astrometry using satellite experiments. He is known as the first proposer of the Hipparcos space experiment. Wikipedia
Born: January 12, 1906, Dijon, France
Died: January 14, 1993 (age 87 years), La Verrière, France
Award: Prix Jules Janssen (1975)