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{{Short description|French paleontologist (1805–1873)}}
'''Phillippe Edouard Poulletier de Verneuil''' ([[February 13]], [[1805]] - [[May 29]], [[1873]]) was a [[France|French]] [[paleontology|paleontologist]].
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[[File:Edouard de Verneuil.jpg|thumb|Edouard de Verneuil in 1860]]
'''Philippe Édouard Poulletier de Verneuil''' (13 February 1805{{snd}}29 May 1873) was a French [[paleontology|paleontologist]].<ref>[http://catalog.mines-paristech.fr/Files/GeolPalent_1res.pdf Géologues et paléontologues : de la passion à la profession pdf] "Le cas d'Édouard de Verneuil (1805-1873) est tout autant révélateur de la façon dont peut naître la passion. Il se préparait à une carrière de magistrat lorsque.."</ref>


==Life==
He was born in [[Paris]] and educated in law, but being of independent means he was free to follow his own inclinations, and having attended lectures on [[geology]] by [[Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont]] he was so attracted to the subject that he devoted himself assiduously to the study of science. He spent several years in travel through various parts of Europe, specially examining the geology of the [[Crimea]], on which he published an essay (Mem. Soc. Geol. France, 1837). He next investigated the [[Devonian period|Devonian]] rocks and fossils of the Bas-Boulonnais; and in [[1839]] accompanied [[Adam Sedgwick|Sedgwick]] and [[Roderick Murchison|Murchison]] in a study of the older Palaeozoic rocks of the Rhenish provinces and [[Belgium]], the palaeontological results being communicated to the [[Geological Society of London]] in conjunction with the [[Adolphe d'Archiac|Vicomte d'Archiac]].
He was born in Paris and educated in law, but being of independent means he was free to follow his own inclinations, and having attended lectures on [[geology]] by [[Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont]] he was so attracted to the subject that he devoted himself assiduously to the study of science. He spent several years in travel through various parts of Europe, specially examining the geology of the [[Crimea]], on which he published an essay (Mem. Soc. Geol. France, 1837). He next investigated the [[Devonian period|Devonian]] rocks and fossils of the Bas-Boulonnais; and in 1839 accompanied [[Adam Sedgwick|Sedgwick]] and [[Roderick Murchison|Murchison]] in a study of the older Palaeozoic rocks of the Rhenish provinces and [[Belgium]], the palaeontological results being communicated to the [[Geological Society of London]] in conjunction with the [[Adolphe d'Archiac|Vicomte d'Archiac]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}


When Murchison commenced his geological examination of the [[Russia]]n empire, he requested de Verneuil to accompany him, and the researches of the latter were incorporated in the second volume of ''The Geology of Russia in Europe and the [[Ural Mountains]]'' (1845). Subsequently de Verneuil paid a visit to the [[United States]] to study the history of the palaeozoic rocks in that country, and the results were published in 1847 (Bull. Soc. Geol. France). In later years he made numerous expeditions into [[Spain]], and his observations were embodied in ''Carte geologique de l'Espagne et du Portugal'' (1864), prepared in association with [[Edouard Collomb]]. In 1853 the [[Wollaston Medal|Wollaston medal]] of the Geological Society of London was awarded to him, and in 1860 he was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Society]]. He died in Paris.
When Murchison commenced his geological examination of the Russian empire, he requested de Verneuil to accompany him, and the researches of the latter were incorporated in the second volume of ''The Geology of Russia in Europe and the [[Ural Mountains]]'' (1845). Subsequently, de Verneuil paid a visit to the United States to study the history of the palaeozoic rocks in that country, and the results were published in 1847 (Bull. Soc. Geol. France). In later years he made numerous expeditions into Spain, and his observations were embodied in ''Carte geologique de l'Espagne et du Portugal'' (1864), prepared in association with [[Edouard Collomb]]. In 1853 the [[Wollaston Medal|Wollaston medal]] of the Geological Society of London was awarded to him, and in 1860 he was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Society]]. He died in Paris.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}


De Verneuil was President of the [[Geological Society of France]] in [[1840]], [[1853]], and [[1867]].
De Verneuil was President of the [[Geological Society of France]] in 1840, 1853, and 1867.

The deformed [[brachiopod]] fossil ''Cyrtospirifer verneuili'',<ref name="CSM">{{cite web|url=http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/geomincentre/geology.htm|title=Geology|last=Camborne School of Mines|author-link=Camborne School of Mines|date=15 January 2007|work=CSM Virtual Museum|publisher=University of Exeter|accessdate=25 February 2012}}</ref> known to quarrymen as the [[Delabole Butterfly]], was found in the upper Devonian beds of North Cornwall.<ref name="Cornwall Wildlife Trust">{{cite web|url=http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/geology/cornish_geology/Geology_Killas|title=Killas|last=Cornwall Wildlife Trust|author-link=Cornwall Wildlife Trust|year=2012|work=Cornish Geology|accessdate=25 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114215204/http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/geology/cornish_geology/Geology_Killas|archivedate=14 January 2011}}</ref>
It was named after de Verneuil.


==References==
==References==
*{{1911}}
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'''Attribution:'''
*{{EB1911|wstitle = Verneuil, Phillippe Édouard Poulletier de| volume=27 |page=1031}}
*[http://darwin.lib.cam.ac.uk/perl/nav?pclass=name&pkey=Verneuil%2C%20P.%20E.%20P.%20de Darwin Correspondence Online Database Record]
*[http://darwin.lib.cam.ac.uk/perl/nav?pclass=name&pkey=Verneuil%2C%20P.%20E.%20P.%20de Darwin Correspondence Online Database Record]

== Further reading ==
* ''Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased'', in: ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London''; vol. 23; 1874, pp. xviii–xx ([https://dx.doi.org/10.1098%2Frspl.1874.0002 Online version])
*Gaudant, Jean ''Géologues et paléontologues: de la passion à la profession''. Paris: Transvalor Presses des Mines {{ISBN|978-2-35671-008-6}}; pp.&nbsp;105–134

== External links ==
{{commons category|Édouard de Verneuil}}
* [http://www.annales.org/archives/x/verneuil.html ''Philippe Edouard POULLETIER de VERNEUIL (1805-1873).''] Online extract from ''[[Annales des Mines]]'', Paris, with biography by Gabriel Auguste Daubrée

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Edouard de Verneuil in 1860

Philippe Édouard Poulletier de Verneuil (13 February 1805 – 29 May 1873) was a French paleontologist.[1]

Life

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He was born in Paris and educated in law, but being of independent means he was free to follow his own inclinations, and having attended lectures on geology by Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont he was so attracted to the subject that he devoted himself assiduously to the study of science. He spent several years in travel through various parts of Europe, specially examining the geology of the Crimea, on which he published an essay (Mem. Soc. Geol. France, 1837). He next investigated the Devonian rocks and fossils of the Bas-Boulonnais; and in 1839 accompanied Sedgwick and Murchison in a study of the older Palaeozoic rocks of the Rhenish provinces and Belgium, the palaeontological results being communicated to the Geological Society of London in conjunction with the Vicomte d'Archiac.[2]

When Murchison commenced his geological examination of the Russian empire, he requested de Verneuil to accompany him, and the researches of the latter were incorporated in the second volume of The Geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural Mountains (1845). Subsequently, de Verneuil paid a visit to the United States to study the history of the palaeozoic rocks in that country, and the results were published in 1847 (Bull. Soc. Geol. France). In later years he made numerous expeditions into Spain, and his observations were embodied in Carte geologique de l'Espagne et du Portugal (1864), prepared in association with Edouard Collomb. In 1853 the Wollaston medal of the Geological Society of London was awarded to him, and in 1860 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society. He died in Paris.[2]

De Verneuil was President of the Geological Society of France in 1840, 1853, and 1867.

The deformed brachiopod fossil Cyrtospirifer verneuili,[3] known to quarrymen as the Delabole Butterfly, was found in the upper Devonian beds of North Cornwall.[4] It was named after de Verneuil.

References

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  1. ^ Géologues et paléontologues : de la passion à la profession pdf "Le cas d'Édouard de Verneuil (1805-1873) est tout autant révélateur de la façon dont peut naître la passion. Il se préparait à une carrière de magistrat lorsque.."
  2. ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
  3. ^ Camborne School of Mines (15 January 2007). "Geology". CSM Virtual Museum. University of Exeter. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. ^ Cornwall Wildlife Trust (2012). "Killas". Cornish Geology. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

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Further reading

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  • Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London; vol. 23; 1874, pp. xviii–xx (Online version)
  • Gaudant, Jean Géologues et paléontologues: de la passion à la profession. Paris: Transvalor Presses des Mines ISBN 978-2-35671-008-6; pp. 105–134
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