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French academic

M. Louis Gentil (July 15, 1868 - June 12, 1925) was a French geologist, explorer, author, and professor. He explored North Africa. He collected rocks and fossils. He discovered Encephalartos laurentianus in 1902. Louis Gentil Field is named for him. Youssoufia was known in the past as Louis Gentil. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences.

Plaque for Louis Gentil Square in Paris

He was born in Algiers. He explored the Atlas Mountains and was tasked with exploring the Muluya (Mulucha) valley. He led the Cherifian Institute. He worked with Jacques Bourcart who succeeded him as its director.

Publications

Geological map of Morocco
Geologic Map of the Tafna River basin
Map of Western Atlas Mountains
  • Esquisse stratigraphique et pétrolerique du bassin de la Tafna, Algérie, his doctoral thesis
  • Au Coeur de l'Atlas: Mission au Maroc, 1904-1905
  • Carte Geologique Provisoire du Maroc, 1920

See also

References

  1. Rothé, Edmond (1927). "Louis Gentil, 15 juillet 1868-12 juin 1925". Annales de l'Institut de physique du Globe de Strasbourg (in French). 8 (1): 107.
  2. Bourcart, Jacques (1961). "La vie et l'oeuvre de Louis Gentil (1868-1925)". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (in French). S7-III (2): 244–256. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-III.2.244.
  3. "Louis Gentil (1968–1925)". www.annales.org.
  4. "Notes". Nature. 84 (2127): 148–152. August 1910. doi:10.1038/084148a0.
  5. Burke, III, Edmund (2014). The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam. Univ of California Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-520-95799-2.
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