Paul Fourmarier
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Paul Frédéric Joseph Fourmarier (25 December 1877 – 20 January 1970) was a Belgian geologist and specialist in tectonics,[1] after whom Fourmarierite is named.[2]
Fourmarier was born in La Hulpe, Province of Brabant, Belgium[1] and studied at the University of Liège, graduating in 1899. He became a professor of geology at the university in 1920. His specialist area was the study of fold structures and cleavage and he described the overthrust nappes in the Ardennes.[1] He won the Wollaston Medal in 1957,[3] and the Penrose Gold Medal in 1952.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Fourmarier, Paul Frédéric Joseph". TheFreeDictionary. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Fourmarierite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Geological Society medal winners". The Geological Society of London. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Penrose Gold Medal". Society of Economic Geologists. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
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