Jean-Louis Michel (oceanographer)

French oceanographer and engineer (born 1945)

Jean-Louis Michel

Born| 1945 (age 78-79)
Nationality|  France
Occupation| Oceanographer
Known for| Discovery of the wreck of RMS Titanic

Jean-Louis Michel (born 1945) is a French oceanographer and engineer.

He discovered subsea intervention in 1969[citation needed] with the French Navy as an officer at the Groupe des Bathyscaphes headed by Captain Georges Houot.[1] In 1985, Jean-Louis Michel (along with marine geologist Robert Ballard) led a team of French and American explorers who found the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.[2][3]

Robert Ballard mentions in an interview with Forbes magazine that Jean-Louis Michel rarely gets enough credit for co-discovering the Titanic. [4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ [1] [dead link]
2. ^ Eckholm, Erik (1985-09-10). "Man In The News - Explorer Of The Sea - Robert Ballard". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
3. ^ "Institute for Archaeological Oceanography - Jean-Louis Michel". Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
4. ^ "Titanic Speaks to Oceanographer Who Found Wreck at Bottom of the Atlantic". Forbes.

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