André Cailleux
André Cailleux | |
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Born |
Paris, France | 24 December 1907
Died |
27 December 1986 79) Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France | (aged
Nationality | French |
Awards | Albrecht-Penck-Medaille (1972) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Climatic geomorphology Geology Paleontology |
André de Cayeux de Senarpont (known as André Cailleux, 24 December 1907 – 27 December 1986) was a French paleontologist and geologist.[1]
Career
He was born in Paris, France. After earning his Ph.D. in 1942, he became a specialist in glacial and periglacial morphology. He worked as a professor of geology at the Sorbonne in Paris.[1]
Cailleux was a Christian and proponent of theistic evolution.[2]
He died at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
Bibliography
- Détermination pratique des roches, (with A. Chavan) Centre Documentation Universitaire, 1952, 2 volumes.
- Les Roches, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1952.
- La Glace et les glaciers, (with V. Romanovsky) Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. 1953.
- Cryopédologie, Paris: Hermann, 1954
- Détermination pratique des minéraux, (with A. Chavan) Paris: Sedes, 1957.
- Détermination pratique des fossiles, (with A. Chavan) Paris: Masson, 1957.
- La Géologie, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1956.
- Biogéographie mondiale, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1953.
- Histoire de la Géologie, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1968
- L'Anatomie de la Terre, Paris: Hachette, 1968.
- L'Antarctique, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1967.
He was also the author of many papers.
English translations
- Anatomy of the Earth, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. Translated by J. Moody Stuart. ISBN 0-07-016223-9.
- Three Billion Years of Life, Stein and Day, New York, 1968. Translated by Joyce E Clemow. ISBN 0-8128-1349-9.
Awards and honors
References
- 1 2 Verger, Fernand. (1987). André Cailleux (1907-1986). Annales de Géographie 96 (537): 601-604.
- ↑ "Three Billion Years of Life". Kirkus Reviews.
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