Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
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Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
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Jean-Baptiste Louis Romé de l'Isle was a French mineralogist, considered one of the creators of modern crystallography. Romé was born in Gray, Haute-Saône, in eastern France. As secretary of a company of artillery in the Carnatic Wars he visited the East Indies, was taken prisoner by the English in 1761, and held in captivity for several years. He was also an alumnus of the Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris. Subsequently, he became distinguished for his researches on mineralogy and crystallography.
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French geologist (1736–1790)
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2024-03-26T18:33:59Z
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