Henri Coquand

Henri Coquand (1813, Aix-en-Provence – 1881, Marseille) was a French geologist and paleontologist.

In 1841 he obtained his doctorate in sciences in Paris, and later served as professor of geology at the Universities of Besançon, Poitiers and Marseille.

From his geological studies of southwestern France, he introduced the Upper Cretaceous stages: Coniacian, Santonian and Campanian (1857). In 1871 he proposed the Berriasian stage of the Lower Cretaceous, named after Berrias, a town in the department of Ardèche. He also conducted geological / paleontological research in Spain, Algeria and Morocco.

In 1838 he founded the Muséum d'Aix in Aix-en-Provence. From 1862 to 1870 he was a correspondent member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, and from 1871 to 1881, he was a munincipal councillor in Marseille.

The mineral "coquandite" commemorates his name; chemical formula= Sb6O8(SO4)•(H2O).

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