Léon Moissenet
Léon Moissenet , also Léon-Vivant Moissenet , (born August 2, 1831 in Chalon-sur-Saône , † February 2, 1906 in Chaumont , Haute-Marne department ) was a French mineralogist and mining engineer .
Moissenet studied from 1851 at the École polytechnique in Paris and then until 1856 at the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (today Mines ParisTech ). He was then in the state corps des mines and from 1869 to 1877 professor of metallurgy at the École des mines , where he had previously taught chemistry. During this time he visited mines in Great Britain frequently for study purposes . In 1877 he left the civil service for health reasons, but continued to work as a consultant to various mining companies.
He published, among other things, about Gangerze (1874). As a student of Léonce Élie de Beaumont , he was also involved in the geological map of France.
During the siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71, he made sure that the powder depots of the École des mines were brought to safety underground under the Jardin du Luxembourg . They posed a serious threat during the artillery bombardment of Paris.
He was an honorary member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland .
In 1859 he married Eugénie Beugnot in New Orleans . His two sons were also engineers.
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| SURNAME | Moissenet, Léon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moissenet, Léon-Vivant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chalon-sur-Saône |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1906 |
| Place of death | Chaumont |