HENRI HUREAU DE

See also:

• SENARMONT, ALEXANDRE ANTOINE HUREAU DE (r769-181o)
• HENRI HUREAU DE SENARMONT (1808-1862)

SENARMONT (1808-1862)  , French mineralogist and physician, was born at Broub, Eure et Loire, on the 6th of September 18o8 . He became engineer-in-chief of mines, and professor of mineralogy and director of studies at the Ecole des Mines at Paris . He was distinguished for his researches on polarization and on the artificial formation of minerals . He also wrote essays and prepared maps on the geology of Seine et Marne and Seine et Oise for the Geological Survey of France (1844) . He died in Paris on the 3oth of June 1862 .