Pierre Bernard Palassou
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Pierre Bernard Palassou (9 June 1745, Oloron-Sainte-Marie – 9 April 1830, Ogenne-Camptort) was a French naturalist known for pioneer geological and mineralogical studies of the Pyrénées.[1]
He was a correspondent member of the Académie des sciences (1816–1830) and an honorary member of the Société linnéenne de Paris (1821).[2] His name is associated with the "Poudingues de Palassou", which are enormous beds of conglomerate rock found in the Pyrénées.[3] In 1784 he described Quercus palensis (Pyrenean oak) of the botanical family Fagaceae,[4] (synonym Quercus pyrenaica Willd.).[5]
Selected works
- Essai sur la minéralogie des Monts-Pyrénées, 1784.
- Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées et des pays adjacents, 1815.
- Suite des mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées, et des pays adjacens, 1819.
- Supplément aux mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées, et des pays adjacens, 1821.[6]
References
- ^ Google Books A Natural History of Time by Pascal Richet
- ^ Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
- ^ Nature, Volume 49 edited by Sir Norman Lockyer
- ^ IPNI Quercus palensis
- ^ The Plant List Quercus palensis
- ^ Open Library list of published works
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Palassou.
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