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Claude Alexandre Albert Falsan (14 May 1833, in Lyon – 12 February 1902, in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or) was a French geologist and glaciologist.

Albert Falsan (1884)

He was a student at the Collège des Minimes and also took classes at the University of Lyon as a pupil of geologist Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet.
Although he never received a diploma, he dedicated his time and energies to geological research of the Jura, the Lyonnaise region and the Alps. [1]

From 1869 to 1902 he was a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon, and in 1873, a founding member of the Société de
géographie de Lyon. During his career he also received the following awards and distinctions:

 Lauréat de l'Institut, prix Bordin.

 Grande médaille du Congrès des sociétés savantes.
 Médaille d'or du concours de la Sorbonne, 1880.
 Médaille d'or de l'Académie de Lyon. [1]

Selected works[edit]

 Monographie géologique du Mont-d'Or lyonnais et de ses dépendances, 1866 – Geological monograph of Mont-d'Or (Lyon) and outlying areas;
with Arnould Locard.
 Note sur les terrains subordonnés aux gisements de poissons et de végétaux fossiles du Bas-Bugey, 1873 – Note on the subordinated deposits of
fish and plants in Bas-Bugey; with Eugène Dumortier.
 Monographie géologique des anciens glaciers et du terrain erratique de la partie moyenne du bassin du Rhône, 1875 – Geological monograph on the
ancient glaciers and erratic terrain in the middle part of the Rhône basin; with Ernest Chantre.
 Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Théophile Ebray – On the life and work of Théophile Ébray.
 La période glaciaire étudiée principalement en France et en Suisse, 1889 – Glacial age studies, mainly involving France and Switzerland.
 Les Alpes françaises, la flore et la faune, le rôle de l'homme dans les Alpes, la transhumance, 1893 – The French Alps, flora and fauna, the role of
humans in the Alps, transhumance. [2]

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b Albert Falsan at Sociétés savantes de France
2. ^ OCLC Classify (published works)

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