Armand Lévy
Armand Lévy (born November 14, 1795 in Paris , † July 29, 1841 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye ) was a French doctor , mineralogist and mathematician .
Lévy showed a tendency to mathematics at an early age, but was sent to London in 1818 to the "Royal College of Physicians" to study medicine. There he met the English mineral trader Henry Heuland , who aroused his interest in minerals . Heuland gave him good contacts to various great scientists such as William Hyde Wollaston and John Herschel .
From 1828 to 1830 he was a teacher at the University of Liège in Belgium. He then worked as a mineralogy teacher at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris. He was also a member of the “ Belgian Royal Academy ”.
Lévy discovered and described numerous new minerals and varieties , including beudantite , forsterite , babingtonite , brochantite , roselite , brookite , "Herschelite" (today: Chabazite-Na ), phillipsite and willemite and published his mineral descriptions between 1822 and 1827.
Honors
The minerals Lévyn-Ca and Lévyn-Na were named after him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handbook of Mineralogy - Levyne (English, PDF 77.8 kB)
- ^ Mineral Atlas: Lévyn
Web links
- The Mineralogical Record - Lévy, Armand (English)
- Annales des Mines - Serve-Dieu Abailard (dit Armand) LEVY (1795-1841) (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lévy, Armand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor, mineralogist and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1841 |
| Place of death | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |