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Johann von Charpentier

Swiss scientist
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Born:
Dec. 8, 1786, Freiberg, Saxony [Germany]
Died:
Dec. 12, 1855, Bex, Switz. (aged 69)
Subjects Of Study:
glaciation
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Johann von Charpentier (born Dec. 8, 1786, Freiberg, Saxony [Germany]—died Dec. 12, 1855, Bex, Switz.) was a pioneer glaciologist, one of the first to propose the idea of the extensive movement of glaciers as geologic agencies. Charpentier was a mining engineer and an amateur naturalist and was the director of salt mines for the Canton of Vaud. He assessed the available information concerning Swiss glaciers and studied the locations of large, immovable boulders in the Rhône River valley. Rejecting the prevailing hypotheses that these boulders had been transported by such phenomena as floods and icebergs, Charpentier concluded in 1834 that ...(100 of 146 words)

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