Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu

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Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu was an 18th-century French geologist and mineralogist whose studies of carbonate rocks led to the naming of the rock type dolomite and the Dolomites mountain range in his honor.

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instanceOf geologist
human
causeOfDeath stroke
centuryOfActivity 18th century
early 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1750-06-24
dateOfDeath 1801-11-26
educatedAt Jesuit college in Lyon
employer École des Mines de Paris NERFINISHED
eponymOf Dolomieu crater on Réunion NERFINISHED
Dolomieu crater on the Moon NERFINISHED
Dolomites (mountain range) NERFINISHED
dolomite (mineral) NERFINISHED
dolomite (sedimentary rock)
familyName Gratet de Dolomieu NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork geology
mineralogy
petrology
givenName Déodat NERFINISHED
hasHonorificNamesake Dolomites mountain range NERFINISHED
dolomite rock type
influenced 19th-century geology
development of petrology
knownFor description of the mineral dolomite
geological studies in the Alps
research on carbonate rocks
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Order of Malta NERFINISHED
name Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage French
nobleTitle knight of Malta
notableStudent Baron Alexander von Humboldt NERFINISHED
notableWork studies of carbonate rocks later called dolomite
occupation geologist
mineralogist
participantIn scientific exploration of the Alps
scientific travel in Italy
placeOfBirth Dolomieu, Isère, France NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, France NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of mineralogy at École des Mines de Paris
religiousOrder Knights Hospitaller NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workLocation Alps NERFINISHED
France
Italy NERFINISHED

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Dolomieu, Isère, France namedAfter Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
subject surface form: Dolomieu