Frédéric Wallerant
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Frédéric Félix Auguste Wallerant (born July 25, 1858 in Trith-Saint-Léger near Valenciennes , † July 11, 1936 in Paris ) was a French crystallographer and mineralogist .
Wallerant attended high school in Marseille and the École normal supérieure of Paris (ENS). He then taught at the Thiers high school in Marseille, where he did his dissertation on the geology of the Massif des Maures . He was briefly professor of geology and mineralogy in Rennes , then Maître de conférences (lecturer) at the ENS and from 1903 to 1933 professor of mineralogy at the Sorbonne .
He dealt with mathematical crystallography, twinning and polymorphism , epitaxy , liquid crystals and optical crystallography, especially with the polarizing microscope.
In 1907 he was accepted into the Académie des Sciences . Wallerant was President of the French Mineralogical Society from 1905 to 1916. He was an honorary member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland .
Fonts
- Traité de Minéralogie, Paris 1891
- Cristallographie, déformation des corps cristallisés, groupements, polymorphisme-isomorphisme, Paris, Libraire Polytechnique Ch. Béranger 1909
- Exposé Élémentaire de lois de la Cristallographie Géometrique, Paris, Libraire Polytechnique Ch.Béranger, 1911
- Groupements cristallines, Paris 1899
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| SURNAME | Wallerant, Frédéric |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallerant, Frédéric Félix Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trith-Saint-Léger near Valenciennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1936 |
| Place of death | Paris |