Hubert Reeves CC GOQ (July 13, 1932 – October 13, 2023) was a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.

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Hubert Reeves CC GOQ
Reeves in 2015
Born	(1932-07-13)July 13, 1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	October 13, 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 91) Paris, France
Citizenship	Canadian French
Alma mater	Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Université de Montréal McGill University Cornell University
Known for	Works on stellar nucleo-synthesis Popularisation of science
Spouse(s)	Francine Brunel (first wife) Camille Scoffier-Reeves (second wife)
Children	4
Awards	See Honours and Recognition
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	CNRS
Thesis	Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei (1960)
Doctoral advisor	Edwin Salpeter[1]
Doctoral students	Jean Audouze Sylvie Vauclair
Website	www.hubertreeves.info

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Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry.^[2] 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"^[3] and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960.^[4]

From 1960 to 1964, he taught physics at the Université de Montréal and worked as an adviser to NASA. He had been a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 1965.

Reeves often spoke on television, promoting science. He resided in Paris, France, where he died on October 13, 2023, at the age of 91.^[5]

• In 1976, he was made Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite (France).
• In 1986, he was made Knight of the Légion d'Honneur (France). He was promoted to Officer in 1994 and to Commander in 2003.^[6]
• In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003.^[7]
• In 1994, he was made Officer of the National Order of Quebec. He was promoted to Grand Officer in 2017.^[8]
• Asteroid 9631 Hubertreeves is named after Reeves: see Meanings of asteroid names (9501-10000).
• In 2011, the Prix Hubert-Reeves was created.
• In 2019, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France.^[9]

• Reeves, Hubert (1998). Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth and Mankind (1st English-language ed.). London: Arcade Publishing. pp. 192pp. ISBN 1-55970-408-X.
• Reeves, Hubert (July 1971). Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Surfaces and Their Relations with Stellar Evolution. London: Gordon and Breach. pp. 88pp. ISBN 0-677-02960-8.
• Reeves, Hubert (1968). Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis. New York: Gordon and Breach. ISBN 0-677-30150-2.
• Reeves, Hubert (1981). Atoms of Silence: An Exploration of Cosmic Evolution. Paris: Seuil. p. 282. ISBN 2-02-010170-X.
• Reeves, Hubert (1986). L'heure de s'enivrer : l'univers a-t-il un sens?. Seuil. ISBN 2-02-014400-X.
• Reeves, Hubert (1994). Dernières nouvelles du cosmos. Seuil. ISBN 2-02-022831-9.
• Reeves, Hubert; Lenoir, Frédéric (2003). Mal de Terre. Paris: Points. p. 272. ISBN 2-02-079064-5.
• Reeves, Hubert (2005). Chroniques du ciel et de la vie. Éditions du Seuil. ISBN 2-02-080030-6.
• Reeves, Hubert (2007). Chroniques des atomes et des galaxies. Éd. du Seuil. ISBN 978-2-7578-2297-5.
• Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2017). Hubert Reeves nous explique la biodiversité. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN 9782803670796.
• Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2018). Hubert Reeves nous explique la forêt. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN 9782803672325.
• Reeves, Hubert; Vandermeulen, David; Casanave, Daniel (2019). Hubert Reeves nous explique les océans. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN 9782803673100.
• Reeves, Hubert, Michel Cassé, Étienne Klein, Marc Lachièze-Rey, Roland Lehoucq, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Nicolas Prantzos, and Sylvie Vauclair. (2019). Petite histoire de la matière et de l'univers.

• Conference on the decline of biodiversity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris in 2009
• Hubert Reeves in La Sorbonne (Paris, France) photographed in 2001 by Olivier Meyer