Human Accomplishment: Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont

a French geologist known to geologists in connection with his theory of the origin of mountain ranges

Born

25 September 1798 Canon, Calvados

Died

21 September 1874 (aged 75) Canon, Calvados

Nationality

French

Fields

geology

Alma mater

École des mines

Awards

Wollaston Medal (1843)

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France

era

1800+

Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont