Paul Fourmarier

Paul Fourmarier
Born(1877-12-25)25 December 1877
La Hulpe, Province of Brabant, Belgium
Died20 January 1970(1970-01-20) (aged 92)
Liège, Liège Province, Belgium
Alma materUniversity of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Known forstudy of fold structures and cleavage, description the overthrust nappes
AwardsPenrose Gold Medal (1952),
Wollaston Medal (1957)
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, tectonics

Paul Frédéric Joseph Fourmarier (1877—1970) was a Belgian geologist and specialist in tectonics and stratigraphy,[1] after whom the Fourmarierite mineral is named.[2]

Fourmarier was born in La Hulpe, Province of Brabant, Belgium and studied at the University of Liège, graduating in 1899. He became a professor of geology at the university in 1920.[1]

He won the Wollaston Medal in 1957[3] and the Penrose Gold Medal in 1952.[4]

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  2. ^ "Fourmarierite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Geological Society medal winners". The Geological Society of London. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Penrose Gold Medal". Society of Economic Geologists. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.