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See also: born at See also: Nantes on the 3oth of See also: July 1823
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He graduated D. es Sc. in 1847; in 1852 he was appointed to the chair of geology at the University of See also: Grenoble, and in 1881 to that of the Ecole Normale Superieure in See also: Paris
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He was distinguished for his researches on the geology of the French See also: Alps, being engaged qn the See also: geological survey of the departments of See also: Isere, Dreme and the Hautes Alpes, of which he prepared the maps and explanatory See also: memoirs
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He dealt with some of the disturbances in the See also: Savoy Alps, describing the See also: fan-like structures, and confirming the views of J
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Favre with regard to the overthrows, reversals and duplication of the strata
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His contributions to geological literature include also descriptions of the fossils and strati-graphical divisions of the See also: Lower Cretaceous and See also: Jurassic rocks of the See also: Jura
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He died at Grenoble on the 3rd of May 1889
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