Charles Depéret
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Charles Jean Julien Depéret (25 June 1854 – 18 May 1929)[1] was a French geologist and paleontologist. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences,[1] the Société géologique de France[2] and dean of the Science faculty of Lyon.[3]
Charles Depéret | |
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Born | (1854-06-25)25 June 1854 |
Died | 18 May 1929(1929-05-18) (aged 74) |
Nationality | French |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology Paleontology |
Institutions | Aix-Marseille University University of Lyon |
Charles Depéret was born in Perpignan. He started his career as a military doctor from 1877 to 1888. Initially posted in Algeria, he was later active in Sathonay.[3] In 1888, he became lecturer at Aix-Marseille University,[3] and in 1889 he became professor of geology at the University of Lyon.[2] He died in Lyon.[4]
In 1892 he introduced the Burdigalian Stage (Lower Miocene) based on stratigraphic units found near Bordeaux and in the Rhône Valley.[5] He was an advocate of the controversial prehistoric artifacts findings of Glozel.[6] Along with Edward Drinker Cope, his name is associated with the so-called "Cope-Depéret rule", a law which asserts that in population lineages, body size tends to increase over evolutionary time.[7]