Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

French balloonist

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1754

Place of Birth: Metz, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 15-Jun-1785

Profession: physicist, chemist, balloonist, aircraft pilot

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (French pronunciation: ?[??~ f??~swa pil?t? d? ?ozje]) (30 March 1754 – 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation.
He and François Laurent d'Arlandes made the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon.
He later died when his balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel.
He and his companion, Pierre Romain, thus became the first known fatalities in an air crash.
He also risked himself while researching the flammability of hydrogen: in "A Short History of Nearly Everything", Bill Bryson writes "In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one’s face."

André Pujos (–1788)
Alternative names	Andre Pujos; Pujos; M. Pujos; Jean André Pujos
Description	French miniaturist and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	1738 / 1730	16 September 1788
Location of birth/death	Toulouse	Paris
Authority control	: Q25918077 VIAF: 61817370 ISNI: 0000 0000 6658 5807 ULAN: 500002006 LCCN: no2013058347 NLA: 35099731 WorldCat