Ours Pierre Armand Dufrénoy
1792–1857
French geologist and mineralogist. Worked with Élie de Beaumont on a geological map of France, 1822–41. Professor of mineralogy, École des Mines, 1835–48; director, 1848–57. Professor of mineralogy, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 1847.
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DBF
DSB.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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