René Just Haüy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French mineralogist
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Place of Birth: Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, Hauts-de-France, France
About René Just Haüy
- René Just Haüy (French pronunciation: ?[a?i]) FRS MWS FRSE (28 February 1743 – 3 June 1822) was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame.
- Due to his innovative work on crystal structure and his four-volume Traité de Minéralogie (1801), he is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Crystallography".
- During the French revolution he also helped to establish the metric system.
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