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Authorised form of nameBournon; Jacques Louis (1751 - 1825); Count of
Dates1751 - 1825
NationalityFrench
Place of birthMetz, France
Date of birth21 January 1751
Place of deathVersailles, France
Date of death24 August 1825
Research fieldMineralogy
ActivityCareer:
Lieutenant of the Marchaux, France (during the Revolution); emigrated and joined the 'Army of Conde' against the Revolution; fled to England and took charge of the collections of Lord Granville and Sir Abraham Hume (FRS 1775); formed a collection which became the property of Sir John St Aubyn (FRS 1797); returned to France and became Director General of Louis XVIII's mineralogical cabinet (at the Restoration)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election25/02/1802
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
Is Bournon his surname, or was it used as such? Further work required.
CodeNA7422
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/12/18Paper, 'Mineralogical description of the various stones said to have fallen on the earth' by Jacques Louis Bournon1802
L&P/11/155/3Plate 'Different types of arseniates' by Jacques Louis Bournon1800
L&P/11/155/1Paper, 'Description of the arseniates of copper and iron from Cornwall' by Jacques Louis Bournon1800
L&P/12/56/1Paper, 'Observations on a new species of hard carbonate of lime and on a new oxide of iron' by Jacques Louis Bournon1803
L&P/12/56/2Plate, 'Crystals' by Jacques Louis Bournon1803
L&P/11/155/2Plate 'Different types of arseniates' by Jacques Louis Bournon1800
EC/1801/18Bournon, Jacques Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/11/155Paper, 'Description of the arseniates of copper and iron from Cornwall' by Jacques Louis Bournon1800
L&P/12/25/1Paper, 'Description of the corundum stone' by Jacques Louis Bournon1802
L&P/12/25Paper, 'Description of the corundum stone' by Jacques Louis Bournon1802
L&P/12/56Paper, 'Observations on a new species of hard carbonate of lime and on a new oxide of iron' by Jacques Louis Bournon1803
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