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Alphonse Péron
Alphonse Péron (29 November 1834 – 2 April 1908) was a French soldier and amateur naturalist. He used his spare time to pursue his interest in paleontology, and authored or coauthored several important works on the geology and paleontology of France and Algeria. Life Pierre-Alphonse Péron was born on 29 November 1834 in Saint-Fargeau, Yonne. He attended the Collège d’Auxerre for his secondary education, then in 1853 entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. After graduating in 1855 he was posted to a series of different garrisons. He was assigned to Corsica in 1860, and later transferred to Algeria. In both places he was able to pursue his growing interest in geology, which absorbed much of his spare time for the rest of his life. In 1867 he was promoted to captain. During the Franco-Prussian War Péron was seriously wounded at the Battle of Sedan in September 1870. After recovering he was posted to Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, from 1871 to 1875. He was promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Fargeau
Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. Main sights * Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable burials: heart of Antoine de Chabannes, whose body was laid to rest in Dammartin-en-Goële; burials of his wife Marguerite de Nanteuil (ca. 1422-1475), and of his son and successor Jean de Chabannes (1462-1503). * Château de Saint-Fargeau (Saint-Fargeau Castle) mostly built in the 15th and 17th centuries. * Musée de l'Aventure du Son (Museum of Sound Discovery) displaying more than 1000 gramophones, radios and mechanical musical instruments. Personalities * Saint Fargeau, or Ferreolus, (died ), an early Christian martyr * Antoine de Chabannes, a significant figure of France's 15th-century history, acquired Saint-Fargeau and other lands in Puisaye previously held by the disgraced Jacques Coeur. He reconstructed the castle in the late 1460s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |