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Biographical Note
Gaston Tissandier
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1843, Nov. 21 | Born, Paris, France |
circa1860-63 | Graduated, Lycée Bonaparte, Paris, France Studied chemistry with P. P. Dehérain, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France Graduated, the Sorbonne, Paris, France |
1864 | Appointed director, Laboratoire d'essai et d'analyse de l'union nationale, Paris, France |
1867 | Published L'eau. Paris: Hachette |
1868, Aug.16 | First balloon flight, with aeronaut Durouf |
1869-1870 | Published with P. P. Dehérain Traité élémentaire de chimie. Paris: Hachette |
1870-1871 | Made balloon flights out of Paris with brother Albert Tissandier during the Franco-Prussian War; the Tissandiers directed aerial observation for the Army of the Loire in the latter months of the war |
1871 | Published Les merveilles de la photographie. Paris: Hachette |
1872 | Published Les ballons dirigibles. Paris: Dentu Made chevalier of the Legion d'honneur |
1873-1897 | Founder and editor of La nature |
1875, Apr. 15 | Ill-fated flight of the balloon Zenith, aeronauts Gaston Tissandier, Croce-Spinelli, and Sivel |
1876 | Received la grand médaille d'or from the Société française de navigation aérienne which he also served as president |
1878-1888 | Published nine editions of Histoire de mes ascensions. Paris: Dreyfous |
1881 | Exhibited a working model of an electric-powered, propeller-driven dirigible, L'exposition d'électricité, Paris, France |
1883, Oct. 8 | With his brother, Albert, successfully piloted the first electric-powered dirigible, La France, designed and constructed by the Tissandiers |
1883 | Published L'ocean aérien; études météorologiques. Paris: Masson |
1885 | Published Les ballons dirigible: application de l'électricité à la navigation aérienne.Paris: Tremblay |
1887 | Published Bibliographie aéronautique. Paris: Hachette |
1887-1890 | Published Histoire des ballons et des aéronautes célèbres. Paris: Launette |
1889 | Appointed member of commission for military aviation, French Ministry of War |
1890 | Appointed member of commission for civil aviation, French Ministry of the Interior |
1899, Aug. 30 (?) | Died, Paris, France |