Louis Édouard Gourdan de Fromentel
Louis Édouard Gourdan de Fromentel (29 August 1824,
sponges
.
He studied medicine at the
typhoid and worked as a prison doctor. For a period of time he served as vice-president of the Conseil d'hygiène.[1][2]
Published works
He made important contributions as editor to the Paléontologie française. a multi-volume series on paleontology that was begun by Alcide d'Orbigny in 1840.[3] Other significant writings by Fromentel include:
- Introduction à l'étude des éponges fossiles, 1860 – Introduction to the study of fossil sponges.
- Monographie des Polypiers Jurassiques supérieurs (É́tages Portlandien et Kimmeridgien), 1864 – Monograph of Portlandian and Kimmeridgianstages.
- Polypiers coralliens des environs de Gray, 1865 – Coral polyps found in the environs of Gray.
- Terrain Jurassiques : Zoophytes, 1866 (with zoophytes; part of series: Paleontologie francaise ou description des animaux invertebrés fossiles de la France.
- Recherches sur la revivification des rotifères, des anguillules et des tardigrades – Research on the revivification of rotifers, eelworms and tardigrades.
- Description géologique et paléontologique de la colline de Lémenc-sur-Chambéry, 1875 (with Louis Pillet) – Geological and paleontological description of the hills of Lémenc-sur-Chambéry.
- Etudes sur les microzoaires, 1876 – Studies on microorganisms.[4]
References
- ^ Biographie nationale des contemporains, Volume 1 edited by Ernest Glaeser
- ^ Bulletin de la Société grayloise d'émulation, Issues 3-4 by Société grayloise d'émulation
- ^ Paléontologie française at Biodiversity Heritage Library
- ^ Published works by Louis Edouard Gourdan de Fromentel at OCLC WorldCat.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
