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Alexandre Brongniart
French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (1770–1847)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 February 1770
- Died
- 7 October 1847
- Place of birth
- former 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Paris, former 10th arrondissement of Paris
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Alexandre
- Family name
- Brongniart
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Occupation
- botanist, geologist, chemist, mineralogist, zoologist, university teacher, paleontologist, herpetologist, historian of science, mining engineer, naturalist
- Position held
- President of the Geological Society of France, President of the Geological Society of France, professor, professor, director, professor, president of the French Academy of Sciences, Q114243572
- Citizenship
- France
- Awards
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- archives at
- Archives nationales
- described by source
- Svensk uppslagsbok, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, BEIC Digital Library
- educated at
- Mines ParisTech
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- member of
- Royal Society, Société Philomathique de Paris, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, Société linnéenne de Normandie, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Académie Nationale de Médecine, Société géologique de France, Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale, French Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Alexandre Brongniart
- number of children
- 3
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- residence
- France
- social classification
- married
- writing language
- French
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