GEOLOGIST

Marcel Alexandre Bertrand

1847 - 1907

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Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (2 July 1847 – 13 February 1907) was a French geologist born in Paris. He was the son of mathematician Joseph Louis François Bertrand (1822–1900), and son-in-law to physicist Éleuthère Mascart (1837-1908). He studied at the École Polytechnique, and beginning in 1869 he attended the Ecole des Mines de Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Alexandre Bertrand has received more than 17,075 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Alexandre Bertrand is the 62nd most popular geologist (down from 53rd in 2019), the 4,601st most popular biography from France (down from 4,144th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 62 out of 90Before him are Hugo Benioff, Joseph Thomson, Pentti Eskola, James Hall, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, and Archibald Geikie. After him are Robert Jameson, Maria Klenova, William Barton Rogers, William Nicol, Ivan Gubkin, and Walter Alvarez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 88Before him are Eliška Krásnohorská, Wilhelm Killing, Emil Holub, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Eduardo López de Romaña, and Giacomo Bresadola. After him are František Křižík, Vilma Hugonnai, Lipót Schulhof, Dimitar Grekov, Solomon Schechter, and Wordsworth Donisthorpe. Among people deceased in 1907, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 86Before him are George Sheldon, Edmonia Lewis, Jules de Trooz, Lena Rice, Dimitar Petkov, and Muriel Robb. After him are Charles Howard Hinton, Heinrich Kreutz, Macario Sakay, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Charles W. Alcock, and Christen Dalsgaard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 4,601 out of 6,770Before him are Adèle Exarchopoulos (1993), Guy of Thouars (null), Jean Marcel Honoré (1920), Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799), René Rémond (1918), and Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (1377). After him are Marie-Jeanne de Lalande (1768), André Chorda (1938), Johan Micoud (1973), Philippe Cattiau (1892), Édouard Chavannes (1865), and Claudine Picardet (1735).

Among GEOLOGISTS In France

Among geologists born in France, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand ranks 7Before him are Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750), Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855), Adolphe d'Archiac (1802), Édouard Lartet (1801), Joachim Barrande (1799), and Alfred Lacroix (1863).