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Rene Just Hauy

Also Known As R. J. Haüy · Haüy R J · René-Just Haüy
Mineralogist

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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Birth Date
1743-02-28 1
Birth Year
1743 1
Death Date
1822-06-01 1
Death Year
1822 1
Birthplace
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 2
Death Place
Paris, France 1
Nationality
French 1
Notable Work
Traité de Cristallographie 2
Notable Work
Traité de Minéralogie 2
Notable Work
Traité élémentaire de physique 2
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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
  • Infobox, birth_date
    28 February 1743
  • Lead sentence, birth date span
    28 February 1743
  • Article text
    A second updated edition appeared as Traité de cristallographie in 1822.
  • Lead sentence, death date span
    1 June 1822
  • Infobox, death_place
    Paris, France
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    French priest and mineralogist
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2. Rene Just Hauy (Wikidata)
  • P19 (place of birth)
    born in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
    also known as R. J. Haüy
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
    also known as Haüy R J
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [3]
    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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