Eugène Dumortier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French paleontologist (1801-1876)
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Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Eugène Dumortier
- Eugène Dumortier (1802, in Lyon – 12 August 1876, Lyon) was a French paleontologist. He worked as a manufacturer of gilding and at around the age of 50 his focus turned to geology.
- He is remembered for a four volume paleontological work on the Rhône-Alpes region that was published from 1864 to 1874.
- The mineral dumortierite is named after him.In 1860 he became a member of the Société géologique de France.
- Also, he was a founding member of the Association lyonnaise des amis des sciences naturelles (1872) and the Société de géographie de Lyon (1873).
- His large collection of fossils was bequeathed to the natural history museum in Lyon.
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