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<div class="infobox_v3 infobox infobox--frwiki noarchive large"><div class="entete defaut" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;color:#000000"><div>Charles Stark Draper</div></div><div><div class="images" style="padding:2px 0"></div></div><table><caption style="color:#000000;text-align:center;background-color:#EEEEFF">Biographie</caption><tbody><tr class=""><th scope="row">Naissance</th><td class=""><div>
<time class="nowrap date-lien bday" datetime="1901-10-02" data-sort-value="1901-10-02"><a href="2_octobre" title="2 octobre">2</a> <a href="Octobre_1901" title="Octobre 1901">octobre</a> <a href="1901" title="1901">1901</a></time><br><a href="Windsor_(Missouri)" title="Windsor (Missouri)">Windsor (Missouri)</a></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Décès</th><td class=""><div>
<time class="nowrap date-lien dday" datetime="1987-07-25" data-sort-value="1987-07-25"><a href="25_juillet" title="25 juillet">25</a> <a href="Juillet_1987" title="Juillet 1987">juillet</a> <a href="1987" title="1987">1987</a></time> (à 85 ans)<br><a href="Cambridge_(Massachusetts)" title="Cambridge (Massachusetts)">Cambridge (Massachusetts)</a></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Nationalité</th><td class=""><div>
<span class="nowrap"><span class="datasortkey nowrap" data-sort-value="États unis"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> </span><a href="%C3%89tats-Unis" title="États-Unis">États-Unis</a></span></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Formation</th><td class=""><div>
<span class="wd_p69"><a href="Universit%C3%A9_Stanford" title="Université Stanford">Université Stanford</a><br><a href="Universit%C3%A9_du_Missouri_%C3%A0_Columbia" title="Université du Missouri à Columbia">Université du Missouri à Columbia</a><br><a href="Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Institut de technologie du Massachusetts</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Activités</th><td class=""><div>
<span class="wd_p106">Ingénieur aéronautique, <a href="Informaticien" title="Informaticien">informaticien</a>, <a href="Enseignement" title="Enseignement">professeur d'université</a>, <a href="Inventeur" title="Inventeur">inventeur</a>, <a href="Physicien" title="Physicien">physicien</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Mère</th><td class=""><div>
<span class="wd_p25">Mattie Martha Washington Stark <small>(<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131703603" class="extiw external" title="d:Q131703603"><span class="indicateur-langue" title="Voir l'élément Wikidata correspondant">d</span></a>)</small></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table><caption style="color:#000000;text-align:center;background-color:#EEEEFF">Autres informations</caption><tbody><tr class=""><th scope="row">A travaillé pour</th><td class=""><div>
<span class="wd_p108"><a href="Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Institut de technologie du Massachusetts</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Domaine</th><td class=""><div>
<a href="Physique" title="Physique">Physique</a>, <a href="R%C3%A9gulation" title="Régulation">régulation</a></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Membre de</th><td class=""><div>
<span class="wd_p463"><a href="Acad%C3%A9mie_nationale_des_sciences" title="Académie nationale des sciences">Académie américaine des sciences</a> <small>(<time>1957</time>)</small><br><a href="Acad%C3%A9mie_nationale_d'ing%C3%A9nierie_des_%C3%89tats-Unis" title="Académie nationale d'ingénierie des États-Unis">Académie nationale d'ingénierie des États-Unis</a> <small>(<time>1965</time>)</small><br><a href="Acad%C3%A9mie_am%C3%A9ricaine_des_arts_et_des_sciences" title="Académie américaine des arts et des sciences">Académie américaine des arts et des sciences</a><br><a href="Acad%C3%A9mie_des_sciences_(France)" title="Académie des sciences (France)">Académie des sciences (France)</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Directeur de thèse</th><td class=""><div>
<span class="wd_p184"><a href="Philip_M._Morse" title="Philip M. Morse">Philip M. Morse</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row">Distinctions</th><td class=""><div>
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:none"><b>Liste détaillée</b><div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="line-height:150%"><span class="wd_p166"><a href="American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="American Society of Mechanical Engineers">Médaille Holley</a> <small>(<time>1957</time>)</small><br><a href="Sigma_Xi" title="Sigma Xi">Prix William-Procter</a> <small>(<time>1959</time>)</small><br><a href="Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_am%C3%A9ricaine_de_philosophie" title="Société américaine de philosophie">Prix Magellan</a> <small>(<time>1959</time>)</small><br><a href="Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">Médaille Howard N. Potts</a> <small>(<time>1960</time>)</small><br><a href="American_Academy_of_Achievement" title="American Academy of Achievement">Golden Plate Award</a> <small>(<time>1961</time>)</small><br><a href="National_Medal_of_Science" title="National Medal of Science">National Medal of Science</a> <small>(<time>1964</time>)</small><br><a href="M%C3%A9daille_Daniel-Guggenheim" title="Médaille Daniel-Guggenheim">Médaille Daniel-Guggenheim</a> <small>(<time>1966</time>)</small><br><a href="M%C3%A9daille_John-Scott" title="Médaille John-Scott">Médaille John-Scott</a> <small>(<time>1971</time>)</small><br><a href="American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="American Society of Mechanical Engineers">Rufus Oldenburger Medal</a> <small>(<time>1971</time>)</small><br>IEEE Lamme Medal <small>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Lamme_Medal" class="extiw external" title="en:IEEE Lamme Medal"><span class="indicateur-langue" title="Article sur Wikipédia en anglais">en</span></a>)</small> <small>(<time>1973</time>)</small><br><a href="Mus%C3%A9e_de_l'histoire_spatiale_du_Nouveau-Mexique" title="Musée de l'histoire spatiale du Nouveau-Mexique">International Space Hall of Fame</a> <small>(<time>1976</time>)</small><br><a href="F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_internationale_d'astronautique" title="Fédération internationale d'astronautique">Allan D. Emil Memorial Award</a> <small>(<time>1977</time>)</small><br><a href="National_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Aviation Hall of Fame">National Aviation Hall of Fame</a> <small>(<time>1981</time>)</small><br><a href="National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Inventors Hall of Fame">National Inventors Hall of Fame</a> <small>(<time>1981</time>)</small><br>Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award <small>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Bellman_Control_Heritage_Award" class="extiw external" title="en:Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award"><span class="indicateur-langue" title="Article sur Wikipédia en anglais">en</span></a>)</small> <small>(<time>1981</time>)</small><br><a href="M%C3%A9daille_d'or_Langley" title="Médaille d'or Langley">Médaille d'or Langley</a> <small>(<time>1981</time>)</small><br><a href="Prix_von_K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_(astronautique)" title="Prix von Kármán (astronautique)">Prix von Kármán</a> <small>(<time>1983</time>)</small><br><a href="American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="American Society of Mechanical Engineers">Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a><br><a href="Acad%C3%A9mie_am%C3%A9ricaine_des_arts_et_des_sciences" title="Académie américaine des arts et des sciences">Membre de l'Académie américaine des arts et des sciences</a><br><a href="Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_am%C3%A9ricaine_de_physique" title="Société américaine de physique">Membre de la Société américaine de physique</a><br><a href="Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers" title="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers">Membre de l'IEEE</a></span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<p><b>Charles Stark Draper</b> (<time class="nowrap" datetime="1901-10-02" data-sort-value="1901-10-02">2 octobre 1901</time>, <a href="Windsor_(Missouri)" title="Windsor (Missouri)">Windsor</a> – <time class="nowrap" datetime="1987-07-25" data-sort-value="1987-07-25">25 juillet 1987</time>) est connu comme le « père du <a href="Navigation_inertielle" title="Navigation inertielle">guidage inertiel</a> ».
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biographie">Biographie</h2></div>
<p>Il a fréquenté l'<a href="Universit%C3%A9_du_Missouri_%C3%A0_Columbia" title="Université du Missouri à Columbia">université du Missouri</a> en 1917 puis l'<a href="Universit%C3%A9_Stanford" title="Université Stanford">université Stanford</a> en 1919, de laquelle il sort diplômé d'un <a href="Baccalaur%C3%A9at_dans_les_syst%C3%A8mes_universitaires_anglo-saxons#Baccalauréat_des_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Baccalauréat dans les systèmes universitaires anglo-saxons">B.A.</a> en <a href="Psychologie" title="Psychologie">psychologie</a> en 1922. Ensuite, il s'est enrôlé au <a href="Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</a>, duquel il sort diplômé en <a href="G%C3%A9nie_%C3%A9lectrique" title="Génie électrique">génie électrique</a> et en <a href="Physique" title="Physique">physique</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prix">Prix</h2></div>
<p>En raison de ses inventions et contributions, Draper a été intronisé au <i><a href="National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Inventors Hall of Fame">National Inventors Hall of Fame</a></i> en 1981.
</p><p>Draper a reçu la <a href="Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">médaille Howard N. Potts</a> en 1960. En 1964, lui est décernée la <i><a href="National_Medal_of_Science" title="National Medal of Science">National Medal of Science</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. C'est, en 1981, un récipiendaire de la <i><a href="M%C3%A9daille_d'or_Langley" title="Médaille d'or Langley">médaille d'or Langley</a></i> de la <i><a href="Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a></i>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postérité"><span id="Post.C3.A9rit.C3.A9"></span>Postérité</h2></div>
<p>Le <a href="Prix_Charles-Stark-Draper" title="Prix Charles-Stark-Draper">prix Charles-Stark-Draper</a> est décerné par l'<a href="Acad%C3%A9mie_nationale_d'ing%C3%A9nierie_des_%C3%89tats-Unis" title="Académie nationale d'ingénierie des États-Unis">Académie nationale d'ingénierie des États-Unis</a> depuis 1989.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Références"><span id="R.C3.A9f.C3.A9rences"></span>Références</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=109"><i>National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science</i></a></span>
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