Pierre Bernard Palassou (9 June 1745, Oloron-Sainte-Marie – 9 April 1830, Ogenne-Camptort) was a French naturalist known for pioneer geological and mineralogical studies of the Pyrénées.[1]
He was a correspondent member of the Académie des sciences (1816–1830) and an honorary member of the Société linnéenne de Paris (1821).[2] His name is associated with the "Poudingues de Palassou", which are enormous beds of conglomerate rock found in the Pyrénées.[3] In 1784 he described Quercus palensis (Pyrenean oak) of the botanical family Fagaceae,[4] (synonym Quercus pyrenaica Willd.).[5]