Paul Bonét-Maury

Paul Albert Antoine Bonét-Maury (7 February 1900, Paris, 6th arrondissement, to 17 April 1972, 13th arrondissement) was an early French judoka, president of the Fédération française de judo, and a French radiobiologist.

Biography

Paul Bonét-Maury had twin careers, in both the sporting and medical fields.

Scientific career

Paul Bonet-Maury studied at the faculties of medicine, pharmacy and sciences of Paris. He was director of this department until 1962.

He invented the absolute photocolorimeter and the recording biophotometer.

In 1947, he became a member of the brand new College of Black Belts, whose first elected president was Jean Andrivet.

He was president of the FFJJJ until 1956. He was then secretary-general of the International Judo Federation, from which he resigned in 1971 Radon action on the vaccine virus: Evaluating the diameter of corpuscles, 1941. Action of radon on yeast Saccharomyces ellipsoideus, 1942. "Ultraviruses viewed through the electron microscope", in La Presse médicale, No. 17, February 24, 1942 (with Constantin Levaditi). The Atomic Era: Encyclopedia of Modern Science.

Sporting

"Judo et jiu-jitsu". Préface de M. Kawaiski... 1946. "Le Judo", PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? », 1971; 2e éd., 1975 (with Henri Courtine and Madeleine Ithurriague).