Alexandre Brongniart

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alexandre Brongniart (5 February 1770 - 7 October 1847) was a French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the region around Paris. He was the son of the architect Alexandre-Th odore Brongniart and father of the botanist Adolphe Th odore Brongniart. Born in Paris, he was an instructor at the cole de Mines (Mining School) in Paris and appointed in 1800 by Napoleon's minister of the interior Lucien Bonaparte director of the revitalized porcelain manufactory at S vres, an excellent choice, as the young man brought to the position a combination of his training as a scientist- especially as a mining engineer relevant to the chemistry of ceramics- his managerial talents and financial acumen and his cultivated understanding of neoclassical esthetic. He remained in charge of S vres, through regime changes, for 47 years.