Camille Papin Tissot was a French naval officer and pioneer of wireless telegraphy who established the first French operational radio connections at sea.
19 Facts About Camille Tissot
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Camille Papin Tissot was the second child of Pierre Tissot and Adeline Alexandrine Gerardin, born on 15 October 1868.
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Camille Tissot studied navigation on the school ship Le Borda until 1886, and was then posted to the port of Brest.
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Camille Tissot then turned to shore duty as of 23 January 1891.
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Camille Tissot agreed to temporarily occupy one of the teaching positions in physics and chemistry of the naval school.
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Camille Tissot stayed on for 21 years as a professor in Ecole Navale.
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In 1894, Camille Tissot met and married Jeanne Emma Stapfer, a 20-year-old woman of an Alsacienne family who moved to Brest in 1870.
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Camille Tissot nominally converted to the Catholic religion at the request of his father-in-law, although his own beliefs were socialist and atheist.
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In 1896, when the work of Lodge and of Marconi concerning wireless telegraphy was still little known, Camille Tissot undertook parallel and independent research.
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Camille Tissot built apparatus for radio experiments with the assistance of E Branly and of the manufacturer Eugene Ducretet for whom later he will develop apparatus.
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In 1899, Camille Tissot published a report describing his work and experiments through the roads of Brest.
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In 1900, Camille Tissot equipped the French Navy with its first radio apparatus.
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From 1905, Camille Tissot made very thorough studies on the detection of radio signals.
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In 1907, Camille Tissot conceived, with F Pellin, a Crystal radio without tiresome adjustment to receive signals aboard ships.
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Commander Camille Tissot died in October 1917 of pulmonary tuberculosis and influenza.
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Camille Tissot was buried in the military square of the cemetery of Arcachon.
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Camille Tissot was an Officer of the Legion of Honor, and Officer of the State education.
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Camille Tissot was the author of many articles of popularization of radio in international scientific reviews, and gave very many conferences on the subject.
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Camille Tissot received several prizes and rewards of the Academy.