Jean Piveteau
Encyclopedia
Jean Piveteau was a distinguished French
vertebrate paleontologist
. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences
in 1956 and served as the institute's president in 1973.
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...
vertebrate paleontologist
Vertebrate paleontology
Vertebrate paleontology is a large subfield to paleontology seeking to discover the behavior, reproduction and appearance of extinct animals with vertebrae or a notochord, through the study of their fossilized remains...
. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...
in 1956 and served as the institute's president in 1973.
External links
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- Books by Jean Piveteau at Google Books