Robert Guillard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Guillard

French bobsledder

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1919

Place of Birth: Ville-d'Avray, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2013

Profession: explorer, bobsledder, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Robert Guillard (October 1, 1919 – January 11, 2013) was a French polar researcher and head of French Antarctic expeditions.
From 1947 to 1984 he participated in 44 French polar expeditions to Greenland and to Antarctica.
He was head of the French scientific station Dumont d`Urville Station in Adélie Land in Antarctica in 1956, 1963, 1972 and 1977.
In the early 1950s he was an active bobsledder and was member of the French bobsled team at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.