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Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse

French geologist and mineralogist

Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (3 February 1817 – 24 March 1881) was a French geologist and mineralogist. He is credited for inventing the Delesse principle in stereology.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Feb 3, 1817, died Mar 24, 1881.¹

Companies

Société géologique de FranceChair¹⁶

Early life and education

1837 to 1839École polytechnique³
Date not recordedMines ParisTech³

Delesse was born at Metz. At the age of twenty he entered the École polytechnique, and subsequently went to the Ecole des Mines, where he was trained under the tutelage of Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont and Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy. In 1845, he was appointed to the chair of mineralogy and geology at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon. In 1850, he became the chair of geology at the Sorbonne in Paris; and in 1864, professor of agriculture at the Ecole des Mines.

Delesse died in Paris on 24 March 1881.

From Wikipedia’s article on Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: mineralogist, geologist, university teacher, mining engineer.⁷

1864 to 1879Professor⁵
1862President of the Geological Society of France⁵
Since 1844Lecturer⁵
Date not recordedWorked at University of Paris⁴
Date not recordedInspector general of Mines⁵
Date not recordedSenior lecturer⁵
Date not recordedChair, Société géologique de France⁶

Personal life

BornFeb 3, 1817, Metz^{8 9}
DiedMar 24, 1881, 6th arrondissement of Paris^{10 11}
CitizenshipFrance¹²
Residence6th arrondissement of Paris^{11 13}

Awards

1876Officer of the Legion of Honour^{14 15}
1854Knight of the Legion of Honour^{14 15}

Sources

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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse on Wikidata
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WikipediaAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse on Wikipedia
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: Worked at University of Paris, on Wikidata
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: Inspector general of Mines, on Wikidata
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: Chair, Société géologique de France, on Wikidata
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: place of birth, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of birth, as reported by www.accademiadellescienze.it
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: place of death, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of death, as reported by Archives de Paris
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: residence, on Wikidata
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WikidataAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported by Léonore database
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WikidataSociété géologique de France, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain