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Pierre Pruvost

French geologist (1890-1967) · France · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76

Pierre Eugène Marie Joseph Pruvost was a French geologist who worked as a professor of geology at the University of Lille. He was a specialist on the fossil fauna and flora of the coal basins of Europe.

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1967Died5 June 19671960Gustav-Steinmann MedalAward1959Wollaston MedalAward1955Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of LouvainAward1949Officer of the Legion of HonourAwardOfficer of the Order of the CrownAward1937Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1921Prix Jules GosseletAward1890Born1 August 1890

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Awards

Gustav-Steinmann Medal1960
Wollaston Medal1959
Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain1955
Officer of the Legion of Honour1949
Officer of the Order of the Crown1949
Knight of the Legion of Honour1937
Prix Jules Gosselet1921
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms
Honorary Doctor of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

About this person

Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1967 · aged 76