Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (born February 26, 1814 in Saint Thomas , † October 10, 1876 in Paris ) was a French geologist and meteorologist .
Life
Deville studied at the École des Mines in Paris and was a student of Élie de Beaumont , whose assistant he was at the Collège de France from 1855 . In 1875 he succeeded him as professor of geology.
He conducted research in the Antilles and Tenerife and observed eruptions from Stromboli and Vesuvius . He developed a theory of volcanic eruptions due to seawater entering crevices. As a meteorologist, he studied temperature variations in the atmosphere and in the sea. In 1872 he had become inspector general of the meteorological service in France and built up a chain of observation stations in France and Algeria. In 1873 he founded the meteorological observatory in Montsouris in Paris. With Émilien Renouhe founded the French meteorological society (Société météorologique de France). Deville also studied mineral chemistry. He observed the earthquake in the Lesser Antilles in 1843.
In 1859 he succeeded with Daniel Balleys, Emmanuel Balleys, Gaspard Balleys and Basile Dorsaz the first ascent of the Combin de Grafeneire in the Grand Combin (at 4314 m the highest peak there) in the Valais Alps of Switzerland.
Deville was the brother of Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville .
In 1857 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences . In 1862 he became an officer of the Legion of Honor .
Fonts
- Études géologiques sur les îles de Ténériffe et de Fogo suivi d'une statistique abrégée des îles du Cap-Vert et d'une notice bibliographique, Paris, Gide, 1848
- Recherches sur les principaux phenomènes de metéorologie et de physique terrestre aux Antilles, 1849
- Voyage géologique aux Antilles et aux Iles de Ténériffe et de Fogo, 1856–1864
- Lettres à M. Elie de Beaumont sur l'éruption du Vésuve, Compte Rendus Acad. Sci. 1855
- Eruptions actuelles du volcande Stromboli, 1858
- Sur les variations périodiques de la temperature 1866
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| SURNAME | Deville, Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Thomas |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1876 |
| Place of death | Paris |