Adolphe d'Archiac
Étienne Jules Adolphe Desmier de Saint-Simon, Vicomte d'Archiac (24 September 1802 – 24 December 1868) was a French
paleontologist
.
Early life
He was born at
fossils geographically and in sequence. Later on he investigated the Carboniferous, Devonian and Silurian formations.[2]
Magnum opus
His best work was "Histoire des progrès de la géologie de 1834 à 1859", published in eight volumes (1847–1860). In 1853 the
Death
While suffering from severe depression he committed suicide by throwing himself into the
River Seine
on Christmas Eve, 1868.
Further reading
- Birembaut, Arthur (1970). "Archiac, Étienne-Jules-Adolphe Desmier (or Dexmier) de Saint-Simon, Vicompte d'". ISBN 0-684-10114-9.
References
- OCLC 647958193.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ISBN 978-1-290-06463-7.
- ISBN 978-0-674-03281-1.
- ^ Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) ... By Order of the Trustees. 1903. p. 56.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Archiac, Étienne Jules Adolphe Desmier de Saint Simon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 366.
External links
- OCLC Classify List of publications by Adolphe d'Archiac.
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