Edmond Hébert

Edmond Hébert ( born June 12, 1812 in Villefargeau, † April 4, 1890 in Paris) was a French geologist and paleontologist.

Hébert visited the College de Meaux at Auxerre, and in 1833 the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS ). In 1836 he became a professor at the High School ( Lycée ) of Meaux, but soon came back to the Ecole Normale Superieure to the physico-chemical laboratory as a demonstrator ( administrator of the physico-chemical collection ) and was there in 1841 Sous- Directeur d' Etudes. Originally, he wanted to turn to physics, but a geological excursion to Normandy under Elie de Beaumont made ​​him turn to geology. In 1852 he was Directeur d' Etudes at the ENS. After he had already acquired a solid reputation in geology, he received his doctorate in 1857 in paleontology over the fossil mammal Coryphodon ( Thèse de doctorat ) and in the same year professor of geology at the Sorbonne as a successor to the recently deceased Constant Prévost.

He dealt in particular with the stratigraphy of the Cretaceous and Tertiary in France and neighboring countries ( such as Britain, Southern Europe). He erstbeschrieb 1855 Gastornis.

Since 1877 he was a member of the Academie des Sciences and in 1885 he became commander of the Legion of Honour. He was three times president of the Société géologique de France. In 1879 he was awarded the Lyell Medal.