Pedro José Amadeo Pissis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French geologist
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Place of Birth: Brioude, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Pedro José Amadeo Pissis
- Pedro José Amadeo Pissis Marín (Brioude, France, May 17, 1812 – January 21, 1889, Santiago de Chile) was a French geologist who served the Chilean government in the 19th century.
- Pissis worked in Brazil and Bolivia before he arrived to Chile.
- He left Bolivia due to political problems and was preparing his departure to France in Valparaíso when Chilean minister Manuel Camilo Vial contacted him to do a geologic and mineralogic description of the Republic of Chile.
- Monte Pissis, the third highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere and second highest volcano in the world is named after him.
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