Pierre Tardi
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Pierre Antoine Ernest Tardi (4 June 1897 – 5 August 1972) was a French geophysicist, astronomer, and geographer.[1] From 1946 to 1960, he was the secretary general of the International Association of Geodesy, and editor-in-chief of the Bulletin Géodésique from 1946 to 1951.[2] He also served as president of the Société astronomique de France from 1964 to 1966.[3]
Born in Bastia on 4 June 1897, Tardi enlisted in World War I in 1915. Following the war, in 1920, he joined the geodesy section of the Service géographique de l'armée.[4] He published his first treatise on geodesy in 1934, for which he won an award conferred by the Academy of Sciences.[5] One notable milestone during has geodetic career was at the 1936 International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics meeting, where, in an effort to standardize mapping of the region, he suggested an idea to split the continent of Africa into a grid system. His proposal was quickly accepted, but struggled to be actually adopted.[6] A bibliography—his Bibliographie géodesique internationale—was published in 1937.[7] In 1946, Tardi was made the president of the International Association of Geodesy, succeeding George Perrier.[a][8]
In 1952, Tardi served on the inaugural advisory committee of Ohio State University's Institute of Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography, along with other geodesists such as Walter Davis Lambert.[9] In 1956, while secretary general of the International Association of Geodesy, Tardi formed a committee on tidal research; Lambert also sat on this committee.[10] He was a professor at l'École polytechnique when he was elected to the Academy of Sciences in 1956.[11] In 1962, Tardi became a corresponding member of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.[12] He served as vice president of the French Academy of Sciences in 1969, and as president of the academy in 1970.[13] He died in Paris on 5 August 1972.[1]
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[edit]- ^ a b "Pierre Tardi (1897–1972)". data.bnf.fr. BnF. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b Drewes, H.; Adám, J.; Poutanen, M. (November 2020). "Historical Overview" (PDF). In Poutanen, Markku; Rózsa, Szabolcs (eds.). The Geodesist's Handbook 2020. pp. 7–15. doi:10.1007/s00190-020-01434-z.
- ^ "Présidents" (in French). Société astronomique de France. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Kovalevsky, J. (1 March 1973). "Pierre Tardi (1897–1972)". L'Astronomie. 87: 128. Bibcode:1973LAstr..87..128K.
- ^ a b "Past Officers (Presidents and General Secretaries) of the IAG". International Association of Geodesy. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Rankin, William (2016). "Aiming Guns, Recording Land, and Stitching Map to Territory: The Invention of Cartographic Grid Systems, 1914–1939". After the Map. University of Chicago Press. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226339535.003.0003. ISBN 978-0-226-60053-6.
- ^ "The Monthly Record". The Geographical Journal. 89 (3): 290–295. 1937. JSTOR 1785827.
- ^ Drewes, Hermann; Ádám, József (16 April 2019). "The International Association of Geodesy: from an ideal sphere to an irregular body subjected to global change". History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 10 (1): 151–161. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-151-2019.
- ^ "INSTITUTE OF GEODESY, PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND CARTOGRAPHY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY". Empire Survey Review. 11 (83): 235–236. 1952. doi:10.1179/sre.1952.11.83.235.
- ^ Ducarme, Bernard (17–19 November 2014). "History of Tidal Research Since the International Geophysical Year (IGY) 1957–58 as seen from ROB/ICET". Présentations du Colloque G2.
- ^ "M. PIERRE TARDI est élu à l'Académie des sciences" [Monsieur Pierre Tardi elected to the Academy of Sciences]. Le Monde (in French). No. 3465. 14 March 1956. p. 11. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Deceased: Prof. Dr. Pierre Tardi". Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Présidents de l'Académie des sciences de 1699 à nos jours". Histoire de l'Académie des sciences | Nous connaître. Académie des sciences. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Hough, Floyd W. (March 1949). "European First Order Triangulation And Its Adjustments" (PDF). Photogrammetric Engineering. XV (1): 26–32 – section 16 describes some efforts of Tardi at the International Association of Geodesy.
- Kovalevsky, Jean; Barlier, François (14 October 2010). "Les débuts de la géodésie spatiale en France" (PDF). Evolutions et perspectives de la géodésie (Presentation). Saint-Mandé: IGN – includes a photo of Tardi as a figure advancing geodesy in France.
- Rizos, Chris (21–22 June 2013). "IGS Services & Other Initiatives" (PDF). Reference Frame in Practice (Conference presentation). International Federation of Surveyors – includes Tardi in context among other historical geodesists.
- Lequeux, James (August 2020). "The Shape of the Earth" (PDF). Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 23 (2): 297‒326 – discusses some of Tardi's work in geodesy.
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