André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers

André Jean Marie Brochant de Villiers ( born August 6 1772 in Mantes- la -Ville, † May 16, 1840 in Paris) was a French geologist and mineralogist.

Life

He studied at the École polytechnique (but is not been a Polytechnic ) and was subsequently Professor of Geology, General Inspector of Mines and director of the mirror factory in Saint- Gobain. He was made an honorary member of the Académie des sciences in 1816.

He is primarily the géologique Description de la France thanks ( Geological Description of France ), which he wrote with Léonce Élie de Beaumont and Armand Dufrenoy. The work on this, he devoted 20 years of his life.

Writings

  • Traité élémentaire de minéralogie, suivant les principes du professeur Werner, Redige d'après plusieurs ouvrages allemands (German: Basic treatise on mineralogy, according to the principles Professor Werner, written by some German publications ) ( 2 volumes, 1800-1802 )
  • Traité de abrégé cristallographie (German: Brief Summary of Crystallography ) ( 1818)
  • Mémoires pour servir à une description géologique de la France, sous la direction de M. rédigés Brochant de Villiers par MM Dufrenoy et Élie de Beaumont (German: memories as the basis for a geological description of France, written under the supervision of Monsieur de Brochant Villiers with Monsieur Dufrenoy and Elie de Beaumont ) ( 4 volumes, 1830-1838 )
  • Géologique Carte de la France sous la direction de exécutée Brochant Mr. de Villiers, Inspecteur général des Mines, par MM Dufrenoy et Elie de Beaumont, Ingénieur des Mines (English: Geological map of France, created under the guidance of Monsieur de Villiers Brochant, inspector General of mines with Monsier Dufrenoy and Elie de Beaumont, mining engineer ) ( 1870)

From his pen also some mineral descriptions such as the gray stibnite (synonymous with stibnite ), for copper Azur (synonymous with azurite ), prase for La (synonymous with prasiolite ) and foliated zeolite (synonymous with Stilbite ) originate.

Honors

  • A street in Paris named after him ( Rue Brochant in which the artist Barbara was born ). It is located in the 17th borough, near the metro station.
  • The mineral Brochantite has been named after him.
  • Mineralogist
  • Geologist ( 18th century )
  • Geologist ( 19th century)
  • Member of the Académie des sciences
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1772
  • Died in 1840
  • Man
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