
René Just Haüy
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 203 years ago |
Date of birth | February 28,1743 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Saint-Just-en-Chaussee |
France | |
Date of died | June 1,1822 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Siblings | Valentin Haüy |
Job | Priest |
mineralogist | |
Books | An Essay on the Education of the Blind; (Dedicated to the King of France), Paris, 1786 |
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Tableau Comparatif des Résultats de Cristallographie et de l'Analyse Chimique Relativement á la Classification des Minéraux | |
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, France | |
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ID | 440075 |
René Just Haüy Life story
René Just Haüy FRS MWS FRSE was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame. Due to his innovative work on crystal structure and his four-volume Traité de Minéralogie, he is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Crystallography".