Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere and became the first person to enter the Stratosphere. Wikipedia
Born: January 28, 1884, Basel, Switzerland
Died: March 24, 1962 (age 78 years), Lausanne, Switzerland
Books: Earth, Sky and Sea
Parents: Jules Piccard and Hélène Piccard
Grandchild: Bertrand Piccard
Children: Jacques Piccard
Siblings: Jean Piccard