Person Hauy; Rene Just (1743 - 1822) Hauy Rene Just 1743 - 1822 French Male St-Just-en-Chaussee, Oise, France 28 February 1743 Paris, France 01 or 03 June 1822

Crystallography Mineralogy Education: College of Navarre; Lemoine Career: Teacher at Lemoine; discovered the geometric law of crystallisation (1781); imprisoned at the Revolution, but saved by the intercession of E Geoggroy St Hilaire; Professor of Mineralogy, Museum of Natural History (1802); deprived of the post (1814); spent last years in poverty Memberships: Academy of Science (1781) Of humble parents Foreign Member 12/03/1818 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Notes: DSB gives death date as 01 June 1822 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 28 Feb 1743 - 1 or 3 Jun 1822 NA3462 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 9d0ef9eb-1275-4f5f-98d1-73d31c093073