Henri Termier
Encyclopedia
Professor Henri-François-Émile Termier (December 13, 1897 - August 12, 1989) was a French
geologist
.
Born at Lyon
into a scholarly family, he served in the First World War as an artillery
officer during which he earned a Croix de guerre
. After working as an assistant at the university in Montpellier
(1923 - 1925), he became a geologist working for the Service géologique du Maroc (Morocco
Mine Service), where he worked until 1940, becoming very famous for his studies of stratigraphy
and fossil fauna (he found the first specimens of Titanichthys agassizi). Later he taught at the university of Algeria
(1945) and ten years later he became a chairmain at the Sorbonne
. He was married to professor Geneviève Termier
, another famous French paleontologist.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
.
Born at Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
into a scholarly family, he served in the First World War as an artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
officer during which he earned a Croix de guerre
Croix de guerre
The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was awarded during World War I, again in World War II, and in other conflicts...
. After working as an assistant at the university in Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
(1923 - 1925), he became a geologist working for the Service géologique du Maroc (Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
Mine Service), where he worked until 1940, becoming very famous for his studies of stratigraphy
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy, a branch of geology, studies rock layers and layering . It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks....
and fossil fauna (he found the first specimens of Titanichthys agassizi). Later he taught at the university of Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
(1945) and ten years later he became a chairmain at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
. He was married to professor Geneviève Termier
Geneviève Termier
Professor Geneviève Termier was a French paleontologist and evolutionist. She was a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. In 1942 she went to Morocco where she met her husband Henri. Their son Michel was born three years later. She specialised in the studies of...
, another famous French paleontologist.
Selected bibliography
- Paleontologie marocaine, 5 volumes, with Geneviève Termier
- Etudes geologiques sur le Maroc central et le Moyen Atlas septentrional
- Traite de geologie
- Traite de stratigraphie
- Biologie des premiers fossiles
- Les Animaux prehistoriques
- Histoire de la Terre