GEOLOGIST

Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu

1750 - 1801

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Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu usually known as Déodat de Dolomieu (French pronunciation: [deɔda də dɔlɔmjø]; 23 June 1750 – 28 November 1801) was a French geologist. The mineral and the rock dolomite and the largest summital crater on the Piton de la Fournaise volcano were named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu is the 22nd most popular geologist (down from 19th in 2019), the 2,109th most popular biography from France (down from 1,973rd in 2019) and the most popular French Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu ranks 22 out of 90. Before him are Vasily Dokuchaev, Walter Alvarez, William Smith, Adam Sedgwick, Jean-André Deluc, and Christian Leopold von Buch. After him are Ignacy Domeyko, Giuseppe Mercalli, William Buckland, Norman L. Bowen, John Tuzo Wilson, and Alexander von Keyserling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu ranks 21. Before him are Ami Argand, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Henri Grégoire, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, and René Louiche Desfontaines. After him are Fabre d'Églantine, Princess Louise of Denmark, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Bathilde d'Orléans, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, and Jacques-François Menou. Among people deceased in 1801, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu ranks 16. Before him are Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Murad Bey, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia. After him are Daniel Chodowiecki, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sharaku, Motoori Norinaga, and Franz Moritz von Lacy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu ranks 2,109 out of 6,770. Before him are Emmanuelle Seigner (1966), Ado of Vienne (800), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Guy Roux (1938), Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta (1866), and Hans von Salmuth (1888). After him are Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), François Périer (1919), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), Jacques Cazotte (1719), Léon Flameng (1877), and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In France

Among geologists born in France, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu ranks 1. After him are Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855), Édouard Lartet (1801), Adolphe d'Archiac (1802), Joachim Barrande (1799), Alfred Lacroix (1863), and Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847).

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