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Alexandre Brongniart

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Also Known As Al.Brongn.
Geologist

French mineralogist, geologist and paleontologist who directed the Sevres porcelain manufactory for nearly five decades while pursuing his geological research. With Georges Cuvier, he surveyed the strata of the Paris basin between 1804 and 1811, publishing their findings as the Essai sur la geographie mineralogique des environs de Paris (1811), one of the founding works of biostratigraphy: it used the fossil content of successive rock layers, rather than rock type alone, to reconstruct the basin's marine and freshwater history. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1770-02-05 1
Birth Year
1770 1
Death Date
1847-10-07 1
Death Year
1847 1
Birthplace
Paris, Kingdom of France 1
Death Place
former 10th arrondissement of Paris 2
Death Place
Paris 2
Death Place
Paris, France 1
Nationality
French 1
Defining Contribution
With Cuvier, surveyed the Paris basin strata from 1804 to 1811, helping establish the basic method of biostratigraphy 1
Notable Work
Essai sur la geographie mineralogique des environs de Paris (with Cuvier, 1811) 1
Connections

Associated With

Georges Cuvier, Scientists

Collaborated with Cuvier on the 1804 to 1811 survey of the Paris basin strata, publishing joint findings in 1808 and an expanded version in 1811.

Source Alexandre Brongniart (Wikipedia)
Principle of Faunal Succession, Concepts

With Cuvier, Brongniart applied the principle of faunal succession to the Paris basin strata between 1804 and 1811, independently of William Smith's contemporaneous work in England.

Source Alexandre Brongniart (Wikipedia)

Works In

Geology, Disciplines

His broader stratigraphic and mineralogical fieldwork sits within geology.

Mineralogy, Disciplines

Appointed professor of mineralogy in 1822 at the Museum of Natural History in Paris.

Source Alexandre Brongniart (Wikipedia)
Stratigraphy, Disciplines

With Cuvier, the 1811 survey of the Paris basin applied faunal succession to build one of the first detailed stratigraphic and paleontological cross-sections, a founding work of biostratigraphy.

Source Alexandre Brongniart (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

France

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Alexandre Brongniart
Sources
1. Alexandre Brongniart (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    was a French chemist, mineralogist, geologist, paleontologist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the region around Paris.
  • Works In: Mineralogy
  • Works In: Stratigraphy
  • Associated With: Georges Cuvier
  • Associated With: Principle of Faunal Succession
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2. Alexandre Brongniart (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
    also known as Al.Brongn.
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of France
  • P19 (place of birth) [1]
    born in former 6th arrondissement of Paris
  • P20 (place of death) [1]
    died in Paris
  • P20 (place of death) [2]
    died in former 10th arrondissement of Paris
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Wikidata: Alexandre Brongniart
Wikidata Q442937, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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