Ferdinand André Fouqué
Ferdinand André Fouqué (born June 21, 1828 in Mortain , Département Manche ; † March 7, 1904 ) was an important French geologist .
At the age of 21 he was admitted to the École Normale in Paris , where he held the post of administrator of the scientific collections from 1853 to 1858. In 1877 he became professor of natural history at the Collège de France in Paris, and in 1881 was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences . In 1899 the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome elected him as a foreign member.
As a stratigraphic geologist he supported the geological survey of France, but then turned his attention to the study of volcanic phenomena and earthquakes , to minerals and rocks, and he introduced modern petrographic methods in France.
Noteworthy are his studies of eruptive rocks from Corsica , Santorini , Methana and other places, his research on the artificial replication of eruptive rocks and his treatise on the optical properties of feldspars , but the best known was his collaborative work with his friend Auguste Michel-Lévy .
Works
- Santorini et ses eruptions. 1879
with Michel-Lévy:
- Minèralogie micrographique, Roches éruptives françaises. (2 vols., 1879)
- Synthèse des Minèrraux et des smells. (1885)
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| SURNAME | Fouqué, Ferdinand André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mortain , Manche department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1904 |