Joseph Marie Elisabeth Durocher
1817–60
Mining engineer. Accompanied voyage around Scandinavia under the auspices of the Commission scientifique du Nord, 1838–40. Appointed assistant professor of geology in the science faculty at Rennes in 1841. Studied and theorised on the glacial phenomena of Scandinavia.
Sources
BHGW
DBF.
Bibliography
BHGW: Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften enthaltend Nachweisung über Lebensverhältnisse und Leistungen von Mathematikern, Astronomen, Physikern, Chemikern, Mineralogen, Geologen usw. By Johann Christian Poggendorff. 5 vols. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth; Verlag Chemie. 1863–1926.
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–.
