Jules Marcou (1824-1898), électron libre de la géologie française
Abstract
If there is one geologist who deserves to be described as a free spirit, it is Jules Marcou (1824–1898). All his biographers agree in emphasizing his great independence of mind and his combative temperament. Leaving aside the publications that this controversial scholar devoted to North American geology, which he studied during several trips across the Atlantic, we are interested here in the polemical writings that marked his career in France, in which he did not hesitate to attack masters of geology such as Adolphe d'Archiac (1802-1868), Edmond Hébert (1812-1890) and Léonce Élie de Beaumont (1798-1874), as well as such illustrious institutions as the Académie des Sciences, the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, the École des Mines and the Service de la Carte Géologique. Leafing through the pages Marcou left us, one cannot help but notice that many of the shortcomings he rebelled against are still very much alive in today's geological community.
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BibTeX
@article{grandchamp2026jules,
title = {{Jules Marcou (1824-1898), électron libre de la géologie française}},
author = {Philippe Grandchamp},
journal = {Travaux du Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05742918v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Jules Marcou (1824-1898), électron libre de la géologie française
AU - Philippe Grandchamp
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/08
JO - Travaux du Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05742918v1
AB - If there is one geologist who deserves to be described as a free spirit, it is Jules Marcou (1824–1898). All his biographers agree in emphasizing his great independence of mind and his combative temperament. Leaving aside the publications that this controversial scholar devoted to North American geology, which he studied during several trips across the Atlantic, we are interested here in the polemical writings that marked his career in France, in which he did not hesitate to attack masters of geology such as Adolphe d'Archiac (1802-1868), Edmond Hébert (1812-1890) and Léonce Élie de Beaumont (1798-1874), as well as such illustrious institutions as the Académie des Sciences, the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, the École des Mines and the Service de la Carte Géologique. Leafing through the pages Marcou left us, one cannot help but notice that many of the shortcomings he rebelled against are still very much alive in today's geological community.
SN - 1156-2919
SN - 2268-5278
ER -