Lucien Cayeux

French geologist (1864–1944)¹

Lucien Cayeux (26 March 1864–1 November 1944) was a French sedimentary petrographer.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Lucien Cayeux (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 26, 1864, died Nov 1, 1944.¹

About

In 1902, he joined the l'Ecole des Mines and become a professor of geology. In 1912, he was named as professor of geology at the Collège de France. He was admitted to the Académie des Sciences in 1928.

He is noted for his study of sediments with the polarizing microscope, and was one of the pioneers in this field.

The wrinkle ridge Dorsum Cayeux on the moon is named after him.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lucien Cayeux, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Société géologique de FranceChair¹⁶

Early life and education

1886 to 1887University of Lille licentiate³
1891 to 1897Mines ParisTech doctorate in France; geology³

Career

Occupation: cartographer, geologist, professor, petrographer, university teacher.⁸

1935President of the Geological Society of France⁵
1923President, French Society of Mineralogy and Crystallography⁵
1912 to 1956Professor, Collège de France⁴
1912 to 1936Professor⁵
1907President of the Geological Society of France⁵
1907 to 1912Senior lecturer⁵
1901 to 1930Professor⁵
1887 to 1891Professor⁵
Date not recordedHonorary professor⁵
Date not recordedChair, French Society of Mineralogy and Crystallography⁶
Date not recordedChair, Société géologique de France⁷

Personal life

BornMar 26, 1864, Semousies⁹
DiedNov 1, 1944, Mauves-sur-Loire¹⁰
CitizenshipFrance¹¹
Children0¹²

Awards

1929Officer of the Legion of Honour¹³
1920Knight of the Legion of Honour¹³
1917Prix Jules Gosselet^{13 15}
1905Prix François-Fontannes^{13 14}
Date not recordedHonorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain¹³
Date not recordedHonorary doctor of the University of Liège¹³
Date not recordedOfficer of the Order of Agricultural Merit¹³
Date not recordedOfficier de l'Instruction publique¹³
Date not recordedhonorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles¹³

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WikidataLucien Cayeux: Chair, French Society of Mineralogy and Crystallography, on Wikidata
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