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Hubert Reeves CC GOQ
Reeves in 2015
Born	(1932-07-13)July 13, 1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	October 13, 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 91) Paris, France
Citizenship	Canadian French
Alma mater	Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Université de Montréal McGill University Cornell University
Known for	Works on stellar nucleo-synthesis Popularisation of science
Spouse(s)	Francine Brunel (first wife) Camille Scoffier-Reeves (second wife)
Children	4
Awards	See Honours and Recognition
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	CNRS
Thesis	Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei (1960)
Doctoral advisor	Edwin Salpeter [1]
Doctoral students	Jean Audouze Sylvie Vauclair
Website	www.hubertreeves.info

Hubert Reeves CC GOQ (July 13, 1932 – October 13, 2023) was a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.

Early life and education

Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry. ^[2] Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a prestigious French-language college in Montreal. He obtained a BSc degree in physics from the Université de Montréal in 1953, an MSc degree from McGill University in 1956 with a thesis entitled "Formation of Positronium in Hydrogen and Helium" ^[3] and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960. ^[4]

Career

From 1960 to 1964, he taught physics at the Université de Montréal and worked as an adviser to NASA. He had been a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research ( CNRS) since 1965.

Personal life and death

Reeves often spoke on television, promoting science. He resided in Paris, France, where he died on October 13, 2023, at the age of 91. ^[5]

Honours and recognition

• In 1976, he was made Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite (France).
• In 1986, he was made Knight of the Légion d'Honneur (France). He was promoted to Officer in 1994 and to Commander in 2003. ^[6]
• In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003. ^[7]
• In 1994, he was made Officer of the National Order of Quebec. He was promoted to Grand Officer in 2017. ^[8]
• Asteroid 9631 Hubertreeves is named after Reeves: see Meanings of asteroid names (9501-10000).
• In 2011, the Prix Hubert-Reeves was created.
• In 2019, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France. ^[9]

Selected publications

• Reeves, Hubert (1998). Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth and Mankind (1st English-language ed.). London: Arcade Publishing. pp.  192pp. ISBN  1-55970-408-X.
• Reeves, Hubert (July 1971). Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Surfaces and Their Relations with Stellar Evolution. London: Gordon and Breach. pp.  88pp. ISBN  0-677-02960-8.
• Reeves, Hubert (1968). Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis. New York: Gordon and Breach. ISBN  0-677-30150-2.
• Reeves, Hubert (1981). Atoms of Silence: An Exploration of Cosmic Evolution. Paris: Seuil. p. 282. ISBN  2-02-010170-X.
• Reeves, Hubert (1986). L'heure de s'enivrer : l'univers a-t-il un sens?. Seuil. ISBN  2-02-014400-X.
• Reeves, Hubert (1994). Dernières nouvelles du cosmos. Seuil. ISBN  2-02-022831-9.
• Reeves, Hubert; Lenoir, Frédéric (2003). Mal de Terre. Paris: Points. p. 272. ISBN  2-02-079064-5.
• Reeves, Hubert (2005). Chroniques du ciel et de la vie. Éditions du Seuil. ISBN  2-02-080030-6.
• Reeves, Hubert (2007). Chroniques des atomes et des galaxies. Éd. du Seuil. ISBN  978-2-7578-2297-5.
• Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2017). Hubert Reeves nous explique la biodiversité. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN  9782803670796.
• Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2018). Hubert Reeves nous explique la forêt. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN  9782803672325.
• Reeves, Hubert; Vandermeulen, David; Casanave, Daniel (2019). Hubert Reeves nous explique les océans. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN  9782803673100.
• Reeves, Hubert, Michel Cassé, Étienne Klein, Marc Lachièze-Rey, Roland Lehoucq, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Nicolas Prantzos, and Sylvie Vauclair. (2019). Petite histoire de la matière et de l'univers.

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  Conference on the decline of biodiversity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris in 2009
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  Hubert Reeves in La Sorbonne (Paris, France) photographed in 2001 by Olivier Meyer

References

External links

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