Hubert Reeves (July 13, 1932 â October 13, 2023) was a French-Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.
Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry. Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a prestigious French-language college in Montreal. He obtained a BSc degree in physics from the Université de Montréal in 1953, an MSc degree from McGill University in 1956 with a thesis entitled "Formation of Positronium in Hydrogen and Helium" and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960.
From 1960 to 1964, he taught physics at the Université de Montréal and worked as an adviser to NASA. He became a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1965.
Reeves often spoke on television, promoting science. He was married to Francine Brunel-Reeves and they had four children together. He resided in Paris, France, where he died on October 13, 2023, at the age of 91.