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HEBERT, EDMOND (s812-189o)

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HEBERT, EDMOND (s812-189o) , See also:

French geologist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Villefargau, See also:

YONNE

Yonne, on the 12th of See also:

JUNE

June 1812. He was educated at the See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de See also:

MEAUX

Meaux, See also:

AUXERRE

Auxerre, and at the Ecole Normale in See also:

Paris. In 1836 he became See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at Meaux, in x838 demonstrator in See also:

chemistry and physics at the Ecole Normale, and in 1841 sub-director of studies at that school and lecturer on See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology. In x857 the degree of D. es Sc. was conferred upon him, and he was appointed professor of geology at the See also:

SORBONNE

Sorbonne. There he was eminently successful as a teacher, and worked with See also:

GREAT

great zeal in the See also:

field, adding much to the knowledge of the See also:

JURASSIC

Jurassic and older strata. He devoted, how-ever, See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the subdivisions of the Cretaceous and See also:

TERTIARY

Tertiary formations in See also:

France, and to their correlation with the strata in See also:

England and in See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

EUROPE

Europe. To him we owe the first definite arrangement of the See also:

CHALK

Chalk into palaeontological zones (see Table in Geol. See also:

HAG

Hag., 1869, p. 200). During his later years he was regarded as the leading geologist in France. He was elected a member of the See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute in 1877, See also:

COMMANDER

Commander of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour in 1885, and he was three times See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society of France. He died in Paris on the 4th of See also:

APRIL

April 1890.

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