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Gustave Frédéric Dollfus (26 November 1850, Paris – 6 November 1931, Paris) was a French geologist and malacologist. He was the father of parasitologist Robert-Philippe Dollfus (1887–1976). In 1868–70 he studied geology under Edmond Hébert at the Sorbonne, then continued his education in Lille as a pupil of Jules Gosselet. In 1879 he began work at the ''Service de la carte géologique de la France'' (Department of French geological cartography).〔(Annales des Mines ) (biography)〕 He was twice chosen as president of the ''Société de géologie de France'' (1896 and 1916).〔(IDREF.fr ) (bibliography)〕 In 1923 he was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London.〔(The Geological Society ) Lyell Medal〕 His name is associated with several species of mollusk, an example being ''Chrysallida dollfusi'', a sea snail described by Wilhelm Kobelt in 1903.〔(Petymol ) Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. D〕 == Research == Among his various geological studies was analysis of the Cretaceous and Tertiary in the Cotentin Peninsula (mid-1870s). From his research of the Aquitanian stage, he published an important essay titled "''Essai sur l'étage Aquitanien''" (1909). With Philippe Dautzenberg, he was co-author of the voluminous "''Conchyliologie du Miocéne moyen du Bassin de la Loire''" (Conchology in regards to the Middle Miocene of the Loire basin). Other significant works by Dollfus include: * ''Principes de géologie transformiste, application de la théorie de l'évolution à la géologie'', 1874 - Principles of geological transformism, application of the theory of evolution to geology. * ''Essai sur l'extension des terrains tertiaires dans le bassin anglo-parisien'', 1880 - Essay on the extension of Tertiary terrain in the Anglo-Paris basin. * ''Esquisse des terrains tertiaires de la Normandie'', 1880 - Sketch involving the Tertiary terrain of Normandy. * ''Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles des faluns de la Touraine'', 1888 - Descriptions of new coquilles in the faluns of Touraine. * ''Recherches géologiques sur les environs de Vichy (Allier)'', 1894 - Geological research on the environs of Vichy (Allier). * ''Mollusques tertiaires du Portugal'', 1909 - Terrestrial mollusks of Portugal.〔〔(OCLC Classify ) (publications)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gustave Frédéric Dollfus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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