Jacques Louis, Comte de Bournon
Jacques-Louis, Comte de Bournon | |
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| Born | 21 January 1751 Versailles, France |
| Citizenship | French |
| Known for | work on meteorites, description of Bournonite |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mineralogy |
| Institutions | United Kingdom, France |
Jacques-Louis, Comte de Bournon
Geological Society before returning to France after the Bourbon Restoration.[1]
Early life
The eldest of four children, Jacques-Louis, Comte de Bournon was born in Metz on 21 January 1751. His father was Jacques de Bournon, the
Seigneur of Retonfey and Gras and his mother was Marie-Anne Martinet of Nibouville. His interest in geology began with his father's cabinet of minerals and expanded as he travelled extensively in his youth. He began studying crystallography under Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle in Paris
.
Military career
He became an officer in the Regiment de Toul; his military career prospered and he eventually reached the rank of lieutenant which found him serving as artillery captain during the French Revolution at the garrison of Grenoble in 1789.[1]
Work on meteorites
In 1801, whilst working with
meteorites at a time when most scientists accepted that they originated from the Moon.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1802.[3]
Cataloguing mineral collections
Upon the recommendation of
Plymouth City Museum and available online at Bibliothèque nationale de France.[5]
Geological Society
In 1807, he was one of the founding members of the
Geological Society[6]
and he had a custom of writing his essays in French.
Return to France
De Bournon remained loyal to Louis
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and Collège de France
.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-86239-277-9.
- ISBN 978-1-86239-194-9.
- ^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Plymouth City Museum Mineral Collection". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ Comte de Bournon, Jacques-Louis (1813). Catalogue de la collection minéralogique du comte de Bournon,... faites par lui-même . Et dans lequel sont placés plusieurs observations et faits intéressants... ainsi qu'une réponse au mémoire de M. l'abbé Haüy concernant la simplicité des lois auxquelles est soumise la structure des cristaux, etc. L. Deconchy.
- ^ History of the Geological Society, UK.
External links
Works by or about Jacques Louis de Bournon at Wikisource
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