Georges Courtès#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 455 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.academie-sciences.fr/fr/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-C/georges-courtes.html |
Georges Courtès passed away October 31, 2019.
Positions Held
- 1964 - 1984 Founder and Director of Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille
- 1962 Assistant Astronomer at the Observatory of Marseille
- 1959 Research Fellow at the CNRS
- 1958 Doctor of Physical Sciences
- 1950 Assistant Astronomer at the Observatory of Marseille
- 1949 Assistant at the Observatoire de Marseille
Fields of Scholarship
- Space astronomy
- Spectroscopy in astrophysics
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Société astronomique de France
- Member of the Société de physique (Member of the Conseil scientifique 1973 - 1976)
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1987 Member of the Académie internationale d’astronautique
- 1984 Member of the Académie nationale de l’air et de l’espace
- 1991 Docteur Honoris causa de l’université de Genève
- Member of the Union internationale astronomique
- 1952 Isaac Roberts Prize
- 1958 Antoinette Janssen Prize
- 1970 Deslandres Prize
- Officier de la Légion d’honneur
- Commandeur de l’Ordre national du mérite
- Commandeur des palmes académiques
