Louis Rendu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Rendu

French bishop and physicist

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1789

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1859

Profession: physicist, Catholic priest, glaciologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Louis Rendu (December 9, 1789 in Meyrin – August 28, 1859) was French Roman Catholic bishop of Annecy and a scientist.
He was the author of Theorie des glaciers de la Savoie, an important book on the mechanisms of glacial motion.
The Rendu Glacier, Alaska, U.S.
and Mount Rendu, Antarctica are named for him. He was a founding member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie.
The following are a few of his ethnological and religious-themed works: De l'influence des Moeurs sur les Lois, et de l'influence des Lois sur les Moeurs, 1833 Moeurs et coutumes de la Savoie du Nord au XIXe siècle, 1845 Lettre à S.
M.
le Roi de Prusse (sur la situation religieuse de l'Europe), 1848 Des efforts du protestantisme, 1855.