ALBERT JACQUARD

Albert Jacquard

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Albert Jacquard (23 December 1925 – 11 September 2013) was a French geneticist, popularizer of science and essayist. He was well known for defending ideas related to science, degrowth, needy persons and the environment.
He was 10 years an active member of the French communist party (PCF). He was born in Lyon to a catholic and conservative family from the region of Franche-Comté (east of France).