Gabriel Auguste Daubrée

Gabriel Auguste Daubree ( born June 25, 1814 Metz, † May 29, 1896 in Paris) was a French geologist. He is considered one of the founders of experimental geology and the meteorite research.

Daubree in 1838 professor of mineralogy and geology at the University of Strasbourg and in 1861 professor of geology at the Muséum national d' histoire naturelle in Paris.

He examined the origin and formation of the rocks and worked on the classification and composition of meteorites. Daubree suspected in 1866 that nickel iron is a common ingredient of planets and the Earth's core.

Honors

In 1880 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London.

According to him, the minerals Daubréelith and Daubréeit are named and the lunar crater Daubree.

• Geologist ( 19th century)
• University teachers ( University of Strasbourg )
• University teachers ( Muséum national d' histoire naturelle)
• Member of the Accademia dei Lincei
• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Frenchman
• Born in 1814
• Died in 1896
• Man