Claude Alexandre Albert (Albert) Falsan
1833–1902
French geologist. Attended lectures in the faculty of sciences, Lyon, but did not obtain a degree. Most of his early geological research focused on the region around Lyon. Member, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon, 1869; founding member, Société de géographie de Lyon, 1873. Worked on the Jurassic deposits of Bugey, 1873–88. Collaborated with Ernest Chantre on a monograph on the geology of ancient glaciers in the Rhône basin, 1875–80.
Sources
Bulletin de la Société d’anthropologie de Lyon 21 (1902): 108–17
DBF
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
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