Maurice Lugeon

Maurice Lugeon (* July 10, 1870 in Poissy, near Paris, † October 26, 1953 in Chevilly, Canton of Vaud ) was a Swiss geologist.

Lugeon came with his parents (his father was the sculptor David Lugeon ) 1876 Lausanne, where he participated as a teenager on the geological mapping in the area of Lake Geneva and the University of Lausanne (as well as in Munich and Paris ) Geology studied as a student the Swiss geologist Eugène Renevier ( 1831-1906 ). It was after the Habilitation in 1898 professor in Lausanne.

Lugeon put 1902 a theory of the ceiling construction of the Alps ( so-called ceiling theory ) before which he made ​​significant contributions to explain the geology of the Alps. He also made ​​significant contributions to engineering geology.

In 1938 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal, and in 1949 with the Gustav- Steinmann Medal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society.