Jean Terrien

French physicist
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IntroFrench physicist
PlacesFrance
wasScientist Physicist Science writer Professor Educator
Work fieldAcademia Literature Science
Gender
Male
Birth17 March 1907, Gasny, canton of Écos, arrondissement of Andelys, France
Death3 March 1992Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, Île-de-France, France (aged 85 years)
Star signPisces
Education
École Normale SupérieureFrance
Positions Held
directorInternational Bureau of Weights and Measures(1962—1977)
corresponding memberBureau des Longitudes(1961—)