Charles Lory

Charles Lory

Charles Lory (July 30, 1823 – May 3, 1889) was a French geologist.

He was born at Nantes. He graduated D. Sc. in 1847; in 1852 he was appointed to the chair of geology at the University of Grenoble, and in 1881 to that of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

He was distinguished for his researches on the geology of the French Alps, being engaged in the geological survey of the départements of Isère, Drôme and the Hautes-Alpes, of which he prepared the maps and explanatory memoirs. He dealt with some of the disturbances in the Savoy Alps, describing the fan-like structures, and confirming the views of Jean Alphonse Favre with regard to the overthrows, reversals and duplication of the strata.

His contributions to geological literature include also descriptions of the fossils and stratigraphical divisiosis of the Lower Cretaceous and Jurassic rocks of the Jura. He died at Grenoble on the 3rd of May 1889.

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lory, Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.