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Also Known As François-Antoine-Alfred Lacroix
Born February 4, 1863 • MâconFrance
Died March 12, 1948 (aged 85) • ParisFrance
Subjects Of Study mineraloptics

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Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
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Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Edward Daniel Clarke
English mineralogist
Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt
German crystallographer
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Swedish mineralogist and chemist
Fermat, portrait by Roland Lefèvre; in the Narbonne City Museums, France
Pierre de Fermat
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Fresnel, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a contemporary portrait, 1825
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
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Jean Buridan
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Gabriel-Auguste Daubrée
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Alexandre Brongniart, plaster medallion by David d'Angers
Alexandre Brongniart
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Auguste Michel-Lévy
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René-Just Haüy
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Dieudonné Dolomieu
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Jean-Étienne Guettard
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Charles Friedel
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Charles Mauguin
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Isaac Newton
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
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Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
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