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Ami Boué
1794-03-16 – 1881-11-21
Life & Legacy
Ami Boué (16 March 1794 – 21 November 1881) was a geologist of French Huguenot origin. Born at Hamburg, he was trained in Edinburgh and across Europe. Based on fossil and the strata in which he observed them, he suggested that there were continuous change in the animal forms that existed over time and opposed the theories of catastrophism of the period. He travelled across Europe, studying geology, as well as ethnology, and is considered to be among the first to produce a geological map of the world.
Occupation & Career
anthropologist, geologist, entomologist, geographer, naturalist, cartographer, physician, botanist, mineralogist
Education
University of Edinburgh
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Wollaston Medal
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Wollaston Medal
Organizations & Memberships
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · Serbian Learned Society · Société géologique de France · Société linnéenne de Normandie · Society of Serbian Letters · Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie
Education & Institutions
University of Edinburgh
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Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q61610 — wikidata View source
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