Elie Gagnebin
Élie Gagnebin (4 February 1891 – 16 July 1949) was a Swiss professor of geology at the University of Lausanne. He worked on the geology of the prealps. He also contributed greatly by writing popular treatises on the geology of the region and of the earth in general.
Elie Gagnebin
- Born
- 1891 · Liège.
- Died
- 1949 · Zurich.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- writer · geologist · university teacher · actor · poet
- Fields
- geology · creative and professional writing · poetry · philosophy
- Education
- University of Lausanne
- Teachers
- Maurice Lugeon
- Languages
- French
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Élie Gagnebin (4 February 1891 – 16 July 1949) was a Swiss professor of geology at the University of Lausanne. He worked on the geology of the prealps. He also contributed greatly by writing popular treatises on the geology of the region and of the earth in general.
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Born at Liège in 1891, died in Zurich in 1949.
Elie Gagnebin studied at University of Lausanne. Training under Maurice Lugeon is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is geology, creative and professional writing and poetry. Employment is recorded with University of Lausanne. Positions recorded include university teacher.
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- 1.Elie Gagnebin, géologue et ami des artistes. Editions de l'Aire. 2016.
- 2.Maurice Lugeon. Elie Gagnebin, 1891-1949. Actes de la Société helvétique des sciences naturelles. pp. 382-399. 1949.
- 3.Elie Gagnebin. La dérive des continents selon la théorie d'Alfred Wegener. Revue générale des sciences. 33. pp. 293-304. 1922.
- 4.Karine. Le roman “Évolène” a 50 ans : de Navarre à Yourcenar sous le signe. Les amis d'Yves Navarre. 07-11-2022.
- 5.Elie Gagnebin, géologue et ami des artistes. Editions de l’Aire. 2016. 978-2-94-053761-7.
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- Elie Gagnebin, géologue et ami des artistes. Editions de l’Aire. 2016. 978-2-94-053761-7.
- Maurice Lugeon, "Elie Gagnebin 1891-1949", in Actes de la Société helvétique des sciences naturelles, 1949, version raccourcie in Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 20 (1950).
- Hommages dans Dialectica, 4/2 (1950)et la Revue des Belles-Lettres, 1951.
- O. Robert, Francesco Panese, Dictionnaire des professeurs de l'Université de Lausanne dès 1890, Lausanne, 2000, p. 454-455 (pas de mariage).
- Buste et notice in Portraits professoraux, p. 124-125.
- ELIE GAGNEBIN 1891-1949 par Maurice Lugeon. Un Portrait. annales.org.
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