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    Default Dr. HERVÉ HUGON, 1952—2024 — Obituary/Nécrologie

    Dr. Hervé Hugon

    Dr. Hervé Hugon passed away on 13 November 2024, two days short of his 72nd birthday, in Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, France.

    Hervé was born in Djibouti on 15 November 1952. He earned his PhD in Geology, and spent most of his working life in the province of Québec, Canada as a geologist. This photograph of him, the only one on record, was taken in 1982 at the age of 29 on a geological expedition in Northern Labrador.



    After retiring as a professional field geologist, he moved back to Brittany, France, several years ago. He had no family or children. His only close relative, a brother, who lived with him in Paimpol, had himself died a few years ago.

    In early December 2019 he fell ill and was hospitalized with what several months later was named as Covid-19, one of the very earliest known cases in Europe. After several weeks of intensive treatment, he was able to return home. But his illness never left him, and it morphed into what is now known as Long Covid.

    Hervé never fully recovered, and it left him greatly weakened in a number of ways. It is not known in medical terms what precisely caused his death, but it has to be very probable that all this was connected.

    Although he was somewhat isolated in his Brittany home, he had a large number of close friends all over the world who loved him dearly. He kept in daily contact with them over the internet, and they will remember him fondly for his sharp intellect, his wry sense of humor, his unending scientific interest in all things geological and geophysical, his great awareness of and concern for everything happening in the wider world — and above all, for his tremendous kindness.

    R.I.P, Hervé. You are greatly loved, and you are very greatly missed.
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    Default Re: Dr. HERVÉ HUGON, 1952—2024 — Obituary/Nécrologie

    Dr. Hervé Hugon

    Le Dr. Hervé Hugon nous a quittés le 13 novembre 2024, deux jours avant son 72e anniversaire, à Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, France.


    Né à Djibouti le 15 novembre 1952, il obtint un doctorat en géologie et passa la majeure partie de sa vie professionnelle au Québec en tant que géologue. Cette photographie de lui à l'âge de 29 ans, la seule connue, fut prise en 1982 lors d'une expédition géologique dans le nord du Labrador.



    Après avoir pris sa retraite en tant que géologue professionnel de terrain, il retourna vivre en Bretagne il y a plusieurs années. Il n'avait ni famille ni enfants. Son frère et seul parent proche, qui vivait avec lui à Paimpol, était lui-même décédé il y a quelques années.

    Début décembre 2019, il tomba malade et fut hospitalisé pour ce qui sera appelé quelques mois plus tard le Covid-19, l'un des tout premiers cas connus en Europe. Après plusieurs semaines de traitement intensif, il put rentrer chez lui. Or la maladie ne le quitta pas, se transformant en ce que l'on appelle aujourd'hui le Long Covid.

    Hervé ne s'est jamais complètement rétabli, la maladie l'affaiblissant à plusieurs égards. On ne sait pas ce qui, en termes médicaux, a précisément causé sa mort, mais il est très probable que tout cela soit lié.

    Bien qu'il ait été quelque peu isolé dans sa maison bretonne, il avait un grand nombre d'amis proches dans le monde entier qui l'aimaient beaucoup. Ils se souviendront de lui avec tendresse pour son intelligence vive, son sens de l'humour, son intérêt scientifique permanent pour tout ce qui touche à la géologie et à la géophysique, sa grande sensibilité et sa préoccupation pour tout ce qui se passe dans le monde — et surtout, pour son immense gentillesse.

    R.I.P, Hervé. Tu es très aimé, et tu nous manques énormément.

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