Facts: - death place: paris , france - residence: france , switzerland , united states - prizes: french du merite -lrb- 1980 -rrb- fondation de france scientific medal legion -lrb- 1980 -rrb- d'honneur -lrb- 1980 -rrb- french ordre national - caption: albert jacquard in 2009 - work institutions: institute of financial auditor french institute for demographical studies world health of organization french comite consultatif national d'ethique statistics seita -lrb- paris -rrb- french court - death date: 11 september 2013 - field: geneticist - birth date: 23 december 1925 - name: albert jacquard - citizenship: french - image: albert jacquard - may 2009.jpg - birth place: lyon , france - alma mater: polytechnical school stanford university -lrb- phd -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of albert jacquard .
albert jacquard -lrb- 23 december 1925 -- 11 september 2013 -rrb- was a french geneticist , popularizer of science , essayist and humanist .he was well known for defending ideas related to science , degrowth , needy persons and the environment .