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Henri-François-Émile Termier

French geologist
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Born:
Dec. 13, 1897, Lyon, France
Died:
Aug. 12, 1989, Gif sur Yvette, France (aged 91)

Henri-François-Émile Termier (born Dec. 13, 1897, Lyon, France—died Aug. 12, 1989, Gif sur Yvette, France) was a French geologist known for his studies of the stratigraphy (study of stratified rocks) and paleontology of North Africa and France. Termier was a geologist for the Morocco Mine Service from 1925 until 1940, when he became head of the Morocco Geological Service; in 1945 he became a professor at the University of Algiers and in 1955 joined the Sorbonne, where he became the chairman of the department of geology in 1961. Termier wrote a number of books on his observations and findings including ...(100 of 178 words)

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