Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot
Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot (February 12, 1790, Paris – May 19, 1845, Versailles) was a French geographer, geologist and naturalist. A member of several learned societies, he was a founding member of the Société géologique de France (1830). He authored various works on natural history (about fossils of animals and plants), geology and geography.
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Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot
- Born
- 1790 · Paris.
- Died
- 1845 · Versailles.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- paleontologist · librarian · geographer · geologist · cartographer · naturalist
- Languages
- French
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Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot (February 12, 1790, Paris – May 19, 1845, Versailles) was a French geographer, geologist and naturalist. A member of several learned societies, he was a founding member of the Société géologique de France (1830). He authored various works on natural history (about fossils of animals and plants), geology and geography.
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He completed the "Précis de la géographie universelle" ("A system of universal geography") of Conrad Malte-Brun in 1829, which was left unfinished after the death of the Danish scholar in 1826. He also contributed the geological work "Nouveau cours élémentaire de géologie" to "Suites à Buffon", published by the library Roret. In addition, he made contributions to Nicolas Desmarest's "Encyclopédie méthodique: Géographie-physique". Late in his life, he was the curator of the library of the city of Versailles.
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1790
Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot born at Paris.
1845
Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot died at Versailles.
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- 1.Manuels - Roret Par J. J. N. Huot p. 298 1841.
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