EDMOND See also:

• EDMOND HEBERT (s812-189o)
• HEBERT, JACQUES RENE (1757-1794)

HEBERT (s812-189o)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

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
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

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
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

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 (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

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
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

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

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

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 .