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Claire CharlesCharles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville French geologist and meteorologist This article is about the geologist and meteorologist. For his brother, the chemist, see Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville. Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (26 February 1814 – 10 October 1876) was a geologist and meteorologist. Charles Sainte-Claire Deville Born in St. Thomas, he was the brother of chemist Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville. Having attended at the École des Mines in Paris, he assisted Élie de Beaumont in the chair of geology at the Collège de France from 1855 until he succeeded him in 1874. He made researches on volcanic phenomena, especially on the gaseous emanations. He investigated also the variations of temperature in the atmosphere and ocean. In 1864,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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