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Edmond Hébert (12 June 18124 April 1890), French geologist, was born at Villefargau, Yonne.
He was educated at the College de Meaux, Auxerre, and at the École Normale in Paris. In 1836 he became professor at Meaux, in 1838 demonstrator in
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short biography (in French) and list of publications {{DEFAULTSORT:Hebert, Edmond 1812 births 1890 deaths People from Yonne French geologists Hebert, Edmond Members of the French Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the University of Paris Lyell Medal winners
Edmond Hébert (12 June 18124 April 1890), French geologist, was born at Villefargau, Yonne.
He was educated at the College de Meaux, Auxerre, and at the École Normale in Paris. In 1836 he became professor at Meaux, in 1838 demonstrator in chemistry
Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...
and physics at the École Normale, and in 1841 sub-director of studies at that school and lecturer on geology. In 1857 the degree of D. es Sc. was conferred upon him, and he was appointed professor of geology at the Sorbonne.
There he was eminently successful as a teacher, and worked with great zeal in the field, adding much to the knowledge of the Jurassic and older strata
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. He devoted, however, special attention to the subdivisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations in France, and to their correlation with the strata in England and in southern Europe.
To him we owe the first definite arrangement of the Chalk into palaeontological zones (see "Table" in ''Geol. Hag.'', 1869, p. 200). During his later years he was regarded as the leading geologist in France.
He was elected a member of the Académie des sciences in 1877, Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1885, and he was three times president of the Geological Society of France
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. He died in Paris on 4 April 1890.
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Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques
short biography (in French) and list of publications {{DEFAULTSORT:Hebert, Edmond 1812 births 1890 deaths People from Yonne French geologists Hebert, Edmond Members of the French Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the University of Paris Lyell Medal winners