Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot

French geographer, geologist and naturalist

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1790

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 19-May-1845

Profession: librarian, geologist, geographer, paleontologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot (February 12, 1790, Paris – May 19, 1845, Versailles) was a French geographer, geologist and naturalist. A member of several learned societies, he was a founding member of the Société géologique de France (1830).
He authored various works on natural history (about fossils of animals and plants), geology and geography.
He completed the "Précis de la géographie universelle" ("A system of universal geography") of Conrad Malte-Brun in 1829, which was left unfinished after the death of the Danish scholar in 1826.
He also contributed the geological work "Nouveau cours élémentaire de géologie" to "Suites à Buffon", published by the library Roret.
In addition, he made contributions to Nicolas Desmarest's "Encyclopédie méthodique : Géographie-physique".
Late in his life, he was the curator of the library of the city of Versailles.