{"id":31994,"date":"2022-01-14T14:59:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T13:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/?page_id=31994"},"modified":"2022-02-23T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T08:12:00","slug":"mercanton-paul-louis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/en\/personnes\/mercanton-paul-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercanton Paul-Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31994\" class=\"elementor elementor-31994\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d536b4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d536b4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fdb8fa\" data-id=\"2fdb8fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb03942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb03942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Paul_Louis_Mercanton,_1919\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Par L\u00e9on Fran\u00e7ois-Francis de Jongh \u2014 https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160310021502\/http:\/\/dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch\/persovd\/images\/mercanton%20paul-louis%20photo%201919.jpg, Domaine public, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=70991280\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI2NjgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9oaXN0LWdlb2wtdW5pbC5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMDJcL1BhdWxfTG91aXNfTWVyY2FudG9uXzE5MTkuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-32668\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919-17x24.jpg 17w, https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919-26x36.jpg 26w, https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paul_Louis_Mercanton_1919-35x48.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-776ac94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"776ac94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31de63a\" data-id=\"31de63a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8530d58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8530d58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Biography<\/h2><ul><li>Born on 11.05.1876 in Lausanne<\/li><li>Died on 25.02.1963 in Lausanne<\/li><li>Native of Riex (VD), Cully (VD) and Lutry (VD)<\/li><li>Baccalaureate or maturity: sciences (Lausanne, 1894).<\/li><li>Bachelor's degree or equivalent: engineering degree (Lausanne, 1899).<\/li><li>Doctorate: sciences, physics (professor Dufour) (Lausanne, 1901) Contribution to the study of energy losses <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">in dielectrics. Lausanne: lmpr. Corbaz. 1902, 63 p.))<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p><strong>Career outside UNIL<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Engineer, A.E.G., Basel-Berlin (1903-&gt;)<\/li><li>assistant (professor ROENTGEN), Munich (1905- 1906)<\/li><li>glaciologist (Arctic exploration)<\/li><li>Chief, Vaud Meteorological Service of the Champ-de-l'Air (1911-1941)<\/li><li>Swiss expedition, <a href=\"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/en\/themes\/groenland\/\">Greenland<\/a> (1912-1913)<\/li><li>teacher of theoretical electricity, Business School<\/li><li>substitute teacher of physics, School of Business (two semesters)<\/li><li>founder and first director, Station radiophonique du Champ-de-l'Air<\/li><li>initiator (with Roland PI\u00c8CE), Swiss Broadcasting (1923 -&gt;)<\/li><li>Director, Swiss Central Meteorological Station, Zurich (1934-1941).<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p><strong>Career at UNIL<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>assistant (professor Adrien PALAZ), Electricity Laboratory, School of Engineering (1901-1903)<\/li><li>privat-docent of electrical measurements (1903-1905)<\/li><li>Extraordinary professor of electrical measurements and electricity laboratory (1904-1938)<\/li><li>Laboratory of physics, EPUL (1904-1928), meteorology<\/li><li>Faculty of Sciences (1913-1934), Geophysics, Exploration Topography<\/li><li>Faculty of Science (1920-1934).<\/li><\/ul><h2>Obituary<\/h2><ul><li>Obituary by Andr\u00e9 Renaud + list of publications: <a style=\"background-color: white; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercanton-ne\u0301crol-1876-1963.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Born 11.05.1876, Lausanne Died 25.02.1963, Lausanne Native of Riex (VD), Cully (VD) and Lutry (VD) Baccalaur\u00e9at or maturit\u00e9: sciences (Lausanne, 1894). 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