André Cailleux

André Cailleux
Born	(1907-12-24)24 December 1907
Died	27 December 1986(1986-12-27) (aged 79)
Nationality	French
Citizenship	France
Awards	Albrecht-Penck-Medaille (1972)
Scientific career
Fields	Climatic geomorphology Geology Paleontology

André de Cayeux de Senarpont (known as André Cailleux, 24 December 1907 – 27 December 1986) was a French paleontologist and geologist.

He was born in Paris, France. After earning his Ph.D. in 1942, he became a specialist in glacial and periglacial morphology. He worked as a professor of geology at the Sorbonne in Paris.

He died at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.

Bibliography

• Détermination pratique des roches, (with A. Chavan) Centre Documentation Universitaire, 1952, 2 volumes.
• Les Roches, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1952.
• La Glace et les glaciers, (with V. Romanovsky) Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. 1953.
• Cryopédologie, Paris: Hermann, 1954
• Détermination pratique des minéraux, (with A. Chavan) Paris: Sedes, 1957.
• Détermination pratique des fossiles, (with A. Chavan) Paris: Masson, 1957.
• La Géologie, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1956.
• Biogéographie mondiale, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1953.
• Histoire de la Géologie, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1968
• L'Anatomie de la Terre, Paris: Hachette, 1968.
• L'Antarctique, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1967.

He was also the author of many papers.

English translations

• Anatomy of the Earth, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. Translated by J. Moody Stuart. ISBN 0-07-016223-9.
• Three Billion Years of Life, Stein and Day, New York, 1968. Translated by Joyce E Clemow. ISBN 0-8128-1349-9.

Awards and honors

• The André Cailleux medal is awarded by the Association Québécoise pour l'étude du Quaternaire.
• The crater Cailleux on the Moon is named after him.

External links

• André de Cayeux (1907-1986)