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Jean-Louis Michel
Jean-Louis Michel
Born	1945 (age 79–80)
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

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

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[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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