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Alexandre Brongniart (1770 – 1847) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier

Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
 on a study of the geology of the region around Paris. He was the son of the architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

Alexandre-Th?odore Brongniart was a prominent France architect.Born in Paris, France. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1767 he married Anne-Louise d'Egremont....
 and father of the botanist Adolphe Théodore Brongniart
Adolphe Theodore Brongniart

Adolphe-Th?odore Brongniart was a France botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Th?odore Brongniart....
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Born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, he was an instructor at the École de Mines (Mining School) in Paris and director of the porcelain
Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and ....
 works at Sèvres
Sèvres

S?vres is a Communes of France in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.9 km from the Kilometre Zero.The town is known for its porcelain manufacture, the Manufacture nationale de S?vres, making the famous S?vres porcelain, as well as being the location of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures,...
. He introduced a new classification of reptiles and wrote several treatises on mineralogy
Mineralogy

Mineralogy is an Earth Science focused around the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization....
 and the ceramic arts
Ceramics (art)

Ceramics is the art and science of making objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials by the action of heat. In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean tableware, Work of art and tiles made from clay and other ceramic materials by the process of pottery, so excluding glass and also mosaic, normally made from glass tesserae....
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Alexandre Brongniart (1770 – 1847) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier

Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
 on a study of the geology of the region around Paris. He was the son of the architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

Alexandre-Th?odore Brongniart was a prominent France architect.Born in Paris, France. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1767 he married Anne-Louise d'Egremont....
 and father of the botanist Adolphe Théodore Brongniart
Adolphe Theodore Brongniart

Adolphe-Th?odore Brongniart was a France botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Th?odore Brongniart....
.

Born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, he was an instructor at the École de Mines (Mining School) in Paris and director of the porcelain
Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and ....
 works at Sèvres
Sèvres

S?vres is a Communes of France in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.9 km from the Kilometre Zero.The town is known for its porcelain manufacture, the Manufacture nationale de S?vres, making the famous S?vres porcelain, as well as being the location of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures,...
. He introduced a new classification of reptiles and wrote several treatises on mineralogy
Mineralogy

Mineralogy is an Earth Science focused around the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization....
 and the ceramic arts
Ceramics (art)

Ceramics is the art and science of making objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials by the action of heat. In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean tableware, Work of art and tiles made from clay and other ceramic materials by the process of pottery, so excluding glass and also mosaic, normally made from glass tesserae....
. He also made an extensive study of trilobite
Trilobite

Trilobites are extinction marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. They appeared in the Early Cambrian period and flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before beginning a drawn-out decline to extinction when, during the Late Devonian extinction, all trilobite orders, with the sole exception of Proetida, died out....
s and made pioneering contributions to stratigraphy
Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy, a branch of geology, studies rock layers and layering . It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary rock and layered volcanic rocks....
 by developing fossil markers for dating strata.

Brongniart was also the founder of the French National Museum of Ceramics (Le musée national de Céramique), having been director of the Sèvres Porcelain Factory from 1800 to 1847.

Bibliography

Brongniart, Alexandre. Traite des Arts Ceramique, ou des poteries considerees dan leur Histoire, Leur Pratique et leur Theorie. Paris. 2nd Ed. Rev. 1854