When was Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont born?

Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont was born on 25 September 1798 in Château de Canon.

What positions has Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont held?

Positions held by Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont include: President of the Société nationale d'encouragement au bien (1869–1874); president (since 1868); Vice-président du Conseil général des mines (1861–1868); President of the Geological Society of France (1855–1855); Perpetual Secretary (1853–1874).

Where did Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont study?

Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont was educated at École polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, Lycée Henri-IV.

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Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont

French geologist

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Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Élie de Beaumont was a French geologist. Among his ideas was that mountains were created in a series of episodes over geological time due to the cooling and shrinking of the earth. He also suggested that there was a pattern in the orientation of the mountain systems of the world which followed a system of five circles meeting at points on the earth that marked the points of a polyhedron.

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Born: 25 September 1798 wd
Place of birth: Château de Canon wd
Died: 21 September 1874 wd
Place of death: Château de Canon wd
Citizenship: France wd
Occupation: entomologist, geologist, politician, mining engineer, professor wd
Education: École polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, Lycée Henri-IV wd
Spouse: Thérèse Marie Augusta Élie de Beaumont wd

Positions held wd

President of the Société nationale d'encouragement au bien (1869–1874)
president (since 1868)
Vice-président du Conseil général des mines (1861–1868)
President of the Geological Society of France (1855–1855)
Perpetual Secretary (1853–1874)
Second Empire senator (26 January 1852 – 4 September 1870)
President of the Geological Society of France (1850–1850)
president of the French Academy of Sciences (1 January 1845 – 31 December 1845)
President of the Geological Society of France (1845–1845)
President of the Geological Society of France (1836–1836)
professor (1835–1874)
professor (1832–1874)
Inspector general of Mines

Awards wd

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1860)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1835)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Wollaston Medal (1843)
Knight of the Legion of Honour (1831)
Officer of the Legion of Honour (1840)
Commander of the Legion of Honour (1850)
honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1839)

Questions

When was Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont born?: Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont was born on 25 September 1798 in Château de Canon.
What positions has Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont held?: Positions held by Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont include: President of the Société nationale d'encouragement au bien (1869–1874); president (since 1868); Vice-président du Conseil général des mines (1861–1868); President of the Geological Society of France (1855–1855); Perpetual Secretary (1853–1874).
Where did Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont study?: Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont was educated at École polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, Lycée Henri-IV.

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