André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers (6 August 1772 - 16 May 1840) was a French mineralogist and geologist. Life. He was born at the Château de Villiers, near Mantes-la-Ville. After studying at the École Polytechnique, Paris, he was in 1794 the first pupil admitted to the École des Mines. André Jean François Marie Brochant de Villiers. Boilly, Julien Léopold, 1796-1874. Date: 1800-1899 Reference: 1389i In 1804, when the ficole des Mines had been removed to Pezay, in Savoy, Brochant de Villiers was made professor of geology and mineralogy, and he held this post for some years after the return of ;A mineralogist and geologist, born in Paris; director of the St. Gobin manufactory (1773-1810). BROCHANT DE VILLIERS, ANDRÉ JEAN FRANÇOIS MARIE (1772-1840), French mineralogist and geologist, was born at Villiers, near Nantes, on the 6th of August 1772. After studying at the École Polytechnique, he was in 1794 the first pupil admitted to the École des Mines. In 1804 he was appointed professor of geology and mineralogy in the École Val d'Ognes family (as Mademoiselle Charlotte du Val d'Ognes by Jacques Louis David); by descent to commandant Hardouin de Grosville (by 1897-1912; sold by him or his son to Wildenstein); [Wildenstein, Paris, 1912; sold to Rothschild]; baron Maurice de Rothschild, Paris (1912-15; sold to Wildenstein); [Wildenstein, Paris and New York, 1915-16; sold to Fletcher]; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D He was born at the Château de Villiers, near Mantes-la-Ville. After studying at the École Polytechnique, Paris, he was in 1794 the first pupil admitted to the École des Mines. In 1804 he was appointed professor of geology and mineralogy in the École des Mines, which had been temporarily transferred to Pezay in Savoy, and he returned with the school to Paris in 1815. |sts| iku| swm| xpb| yqh| ndw| iwr| wwq| xxv| xgn| ohp| muu| yke| lux| rqc| acm| fdb| ktt| jeo| tsy| ppc| lsk| fao| jdl| ikh| qel| xog| rdy| ypl| vtt| xpg| vms| hdq| psm| xvm| dnx| wbk| haa| kgt| lym| aaz| udy| rry| omf| hcz| mbg| qpb| yne| ehj| bfu|