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Pecker was a vocal opponent of astrology and pseudo-science and was the president of the Association française pour l'information scientifique (AFIS), a skeptical organisation which promotes scientific enquiry in the face of quackery and obscurantism.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 May 1923","date":"1923-05-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Reims","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41876"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"20 February 2020","date":"2020-02-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Port-Joinville","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689267"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"astrophysicist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752129"},{"text":"astronomer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11063"},{"text":"astrologer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155647"},{"text":"docent","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462390"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"École Normale Supérieure","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83259"},{"text":"Science Faculty of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3064332","end":"1950"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1999–2001)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1999","end":"2001"},{"text":"president (1973–1976)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1973","end":"1976"},{"text":"director (1972–1977)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1162163","start":"1972","end":"1977"},{"text":"director (1962–1969)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1162163","start":"1962","end":"1969"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","date":"1978"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Prix Jules Janssen","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1711648","date":"1967"},{"text":"Three Physicists Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282608","date":"1969"},{"text":"Jean-Perrin Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16671125","date":"1974"},{"text":"Concours général","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908793","date":"1939"},{"text":"Commander of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855212","date":"1994-04-01"},{"text":"CNRS silver medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3332287","date":"1956"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Pecker","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263659"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jean-Claude Pecker born?","a":"Jean-Claude Pecker was born on 10 May 1923 in Reims."},{"q":"What positions has Jean-Claude Pecker held?","a":"Positions held by Jean-Claude Pecker include: president (1999–2001); 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