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L'inventeur de la serandite, De la Haute-Savoie vers un archipel d'Afrique, Souvenirs de la vie de Jules-Numa Mugnier-Serand (1872-1933), Marin, Gardien de phare, Prospecteur-naturaliste, Chercheur en météorologie
Abstract
The name of a rather rare collector's mineral is: serandite. This name commemorates a self-taught man born in Faverges (Alps, France) and forty-two years old in 1914: Jules-Numa Mugnier-Serand. This article recounts the scientific career of this native of Haute-Savoie, who served as a lighthouse keeper in Africa. Through his connections with renowned scientists such as Alfred Lacroix and General Ferrié, he became a skilled naturalist in the Los Islands, a radio-guide aboard an aerostat during the First World War, an observer of radio waves during tropical storms off the coast of Conakry, and an author of research papers.
BibTeX
@misc{ferrand2026linventeur,
title = {{L'inventeur de la serandite, De la Haute-Savoie vers un archipel d'Afrique, Souvenirs de la vie de Jules-Numa Mugnier-Serand (1872-1933), Marin, Gardien de phare, Prospecteur-naturaliste, Chercheur en météorologie}},
author = {Hervé Le Ferrand and Martine Le Ferrand},
howpublished = {HAL},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05762147v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - L'inventeur de la serandite, De la Haute-Savoie vers un archipel d'Afrique, Souvenirs de la vie de Jules-Numa Mugnier-Serand (1872-1933), Marin, Gardien de phare, Prospecteur-naturaliste, Chercheur en météorologie
AU - Hervé Le Ferrand
AU - Martine Le Ferrand
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/24
PB - HAL
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05762147v1
AB - The name of a rather rare collector's mineral is: serandite. This name commemorates a self-taught man born in Faverges (Alps, France) and forty-two years old in 1914: Jules-Numa Mugnier-Serand. This article recounts the scientific career of this native of Haute-Savoie, who served as a lighthouse keeper in Africa. Through his connections with renowned scientists such as Alfred Lacroix and General Ferrié, he became a skilled naturalist in the Los Islands, a radio-guide aboard an aerostat during the First World War, an observer of radio waves during tropical storms off the coast of Conakry, and an author of research papers.
ER -