出生于波蘭華沙（當(dāng)時為沙俄統(tǒng)治） ，他的父親是一名韃靼籍醫(yī)生，母親則是一名政治科學(xué)方面的醫(yī)生和化學(xué)家。

他從1917年開始住在比利時首都布魯塞爾。

他曾在1938年獲得Gembloux農(nóng)學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位，1944年獲得列日大學(xué)學(xué)士地質(zhì)學(xué)學(xué)位。 他的“寫字臺行政法院”在法國起到了重大風(fēng)險防范作用。

美國國家地理電影《暴力地球》改編自塔捷耶夫在1971年遠(yuǎn)征火山西西里島的埃特納火山。1972年他曾嘗試下到活躍的剛果主義共和國的尼拉貢戈火山（當(dāng)時稱為扎伊爾）熔巖湖中收集樣本，但并未成功。

塔捷耶夫于1998年2月2日去世于法國巴黎，死后被安葬在巴黎的德帕西公墓。

1997 他的故事被編撰進(jìn)新概念第二冊 Lesson67 “Volcanoes” 中。

Lesson 67

Volcanoes

Why does Tazieff risk his life like this?

Haroun Tazieff,the Polish scientist,

has spent his lifetime studying active volca-noes and deep caves in all parts of the world

In 1948,he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo

to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro.

Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano

while it was erupting violently.

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Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs,

he could not stay near the volcano for very long.

He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him.

It threatened to surround him completely,

but Tazieff managed to escape just in time.

He waited until the volcano became quiet and he was able to return two days later.

This time,he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro

so that he could take photographs and measure temperatures

Tazieff has often risked his life in this way.

He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive.