Claude Alexandre Albert Falsan (14 May 1833, in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

– 12 February 1902, in

Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or () is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

and

glaciologist Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ...

He was a student at the ''Collège des Minimes'' and also took classes at the

University of Lyon The University of Lyon (french: Université de Lyon), located in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 11 members and 24 associated institutions. The three main universities in this center are: ...

as a pupil of geologist

Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet (May 15, 1801 – January 8, 1869), French geologist and metallurgist, was born at Strasbourg. He was educated at the ''École des Mines'' in Paris, and after considerable experience as a mining engineer h ...

. Although he never received a diploma, he dedicated his time and energies to geological research of the Jura, the Lyonnaise region and the

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...

.Albert Falsan
at Sociétés savantes de France From 1869 to 1902 he was a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon, and in 1873, a founding member of the Société de géographie de Lyon. During his career he also received the following awards and distinctions: * ''Lauréat de l'Institut, prix Bordin''. * ''Grande médaille du Congrès des sociétés savantes''. * ''Médaille d'or du concours de la Sorbonne'', 1880. * ''Médaille d'or de l'Académie de Lyon''.

Selected works

* ''Monographie géologique du Mont-d'Or lyonnais et de ses dépendances'', 1866 – Geological monograph of Mont-d'Or (Lyon) and outlying areas; with

Arnould Locard Étienne Alexandre Arnould Locard (8 December 1841 – 28 October 1904), usually known as Arnould Locard, was a French naturalist, malacologist and geologist. His name can be abbreviated/spelled as Arnoul at plates, for example Crosse (1980). Cros ...

. * ''Note sur les terrains subordonnés aux gisements de poissons et de végétaux fossiles du Bas-Bugey'', 1873 – Note on the subordinated deposits of fish and plants in Bas-Bugey; with

Eugène Dumortier Eugène Dumortier (1802, in Lyon – 12 August 1876, Lyon) was a French paleontologist. He worked as a manufacturer of gilding and at around the age of 50 his focus turned to geology. He is remembered for a four volume paleontological work on ...

. * ''Monographie géologique des anciens glaciers et du terrain erratique de la partie moyenne du bassin du Rhône'', 1875 – Geological monograph on the ancient

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

s and erratic terrain in the middle part of the

Rhône basin The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

; with

Ernest Chantre Ernest Chantre (13 January 1843, in Lyon – 24 November 1924, in Écully) was a prominent French archaeologist and anthropologist. From 1878 to 1910 he was an instructor of geology and anthropology classes at the Muséum de Lyon, and concurre ...

. * ''Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Théophile Ebray'' – On the life and work of Théophile Ébray. * ''La période glaciaire étudiée principalement en France et en Suisse'', 1889 – Glacial age studies, mainly involving France and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. * ''Les Alpes françaises, la flore et la faune, le rôle de l'homme dans les Alpes, la transhumance'', 1893 – The

French Alps The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as ...

, flora and fauna, the role of humans in the Alps,

transhumance Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (''vertical transhumance''), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower vall ...

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References

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