GEOLOGIST

Marcel Alexandre Bertrand

1847 - 1907

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Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (2 July 1847 – 13 February 1907) was a French geologist born in Paris. He was the son of mathematician Joseph Louis François Bertrand (1822–1900), and son-in-law to physicist Éleuthère Mascart (1837-1908). He studied at the École Polytechnique, and beginning in 1869 he attended the Ecole des Mines de Paris. From 1877 he carried out geological mapping studies of Provence, the Jura Mountains and the Alps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Alexandre Bertrand is the 50th most popular geologist (up from 62nd in 2019), the 4,115th most popular biography from France (up from 4,601st in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 50 out of 90. Before him are Hiroo Kanamori, Lawrence Lambe, Alfred Lacroix, Henryk Arctowski, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, and Niles Eldredge. After him are William Nicol, Julius von Haast, Luigi Palmieri, John Phillips, Gerard De Geer, and Paul Niggli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 78. Before him are Anton Reichenow, Cesare Arzelà, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, Koos de la Rey, Hermann Osthoff, and William Edward Ayrton. After him are Dimitar Grekov, Lipót Schulhof, Louis Henri Boussenard, Heinrich Gelzer, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, and Giacomo Bresadola. Among people deceased in 1907, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 80. Before him are Ottomar Anschütz, Moritz Steinschneider, William Howard Russell, Bernhard Hammer, Eva Nansen, and Léon Serpollet. After him are Désirée Artôt, Jules de Trooz, Charles Howard Hinton, Muriel Robb, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, and Dimitar Petkov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 4,115 out of 6,770. Before him are Émile Veinante (1907), Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863), André Pilette (1918), Sabin Berthelot (1794), Robbie Ross (1869), and Marcel Deprez (1843). After him are Hélène Grimaud (1969), Isaac Oliver (1556), Patrick Devedjian (1944), Jean Philippe (1931), Gisèle Casadesus (1914), and Charles Pasqua (1927).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In France

Among geologists born in France, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 7. Before him are Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750), Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855), Édouard Lartet (1801), Adolphe d'Archiac (1802), Joachim Barrande (1799), and Alfred Lacroix (1863).

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