Rene Just Hauy was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbe Hauy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame. Owing to his innovative work on crystal structure and his four-volume Traite de Mineralogie, published in 1801, he is often called the father of modern crystallography, and during the French Revolution he also helped establish the metric system.
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Notable WorkTraité de Cristallographie 2 Notable Work Notable WorkTraité élémentaire de physique 2 Connections
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René Just Haüy (French pronunciation: [aɥi]) FRS MWS FRSE (28 February 1743 – 1 June 1822) was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame.
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1. René Just Haüy - Wikipedia
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28 February 1743
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28 February 1743
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A second updated edition appeared as Traité de cristallographie in 1822.
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1 June 1822
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Paris, France
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French priest and mineralogist
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born in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée
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also known as R. J. Haüy
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also known as Haüy R J
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also known as René-Just Haüy
P800 (notable work) [1]
notable work: Traité de Minéralogie
P800 (notable work) [2]
notable work: Traité élémentaire de physique
P800 (notable work) [3]
notable work: Traité de Cristallographie
P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
citizen of France
P20 (place of death) [1]
died in Paris
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