Marie Rouault
Marie Rouault (born March 18, 1813 in Rennes , † December 16, 1881 ibid) was a French geologist , paleontologist and fossil collector .
Rouault was of humble origin and was actually a hairdresser and wig maker . He took an early interest in geology and collected fossils, particularly fossil echinoderms and trilobites . He published on the regional geology of Brittany and built a private museum, which in 1845 comprised 117,000 pieces and was transferred to the Natural History Museum of the city of Rennes , of which he became director in 1873; as early as 1853 he was curator and director of a geological museum in Rennes and from 1847 received an annual pension from the city. Through the mediation of Alphonse Milne-Edwards, he also presented his discoveries to the Académie des Sciences in Paris in 1847 . He was later forced out of office and even sued.
His first publication on trilobites in Brittany dates back to 1846. He is also known for a work on the Breton sandstone ( Grès amoricaine ).
A street in Rennes is named after him.
literature
- P. Lebesconte: Œuvres posthumes de Marie Rouault. Imprimerie Oberthur, Rennes-Paris 1883.
Web links
- Jean-Jacques Chauvel, Jean Plaine: Marie Rouault (1813–1881), le perruquier-géologue. In: Travaux du comité francais d'histoire de la géologie. Troisième série - T.XVIII, 2004.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rouault, Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1881 |
| Place of death | Rennes |