Auguste Viquesnel
Auguste Viquesnel (* 1803 , † February 11, 1867 ) was a French traveler , geographer , meteorologist , ethnographer and geologist .
In 1843 he became treasurer and in 1858 president of the French Geological Society, of which he had been a member since 1833. He is best known for a travelogue of the European part of the Ottoman Empire ( Thrace , Macedonia , Thessaly , Epirus , Albania ), where he traveled in 1847/48. The report also includes geological information.
Viquesnel founded the Société de météorologie de France in 1850.
Fonts
- Voyage dans la Turquie d'Europe: description physique et géologique de la Thrace, 2 volumes, Paris: Bertrand 1868, with atlas (with biography)
- with FH Duchiński: Recherches historiques sur quelques points de l'histoire générale des peuples slaves et de leurs voisins les Turcs et Finnois, 1868
References and comments
- ↑ Information on Auguste Viquesnel in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viquesnel, Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French traveler, meteorologist, ethnographer and geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1803 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1867 |