Alexander Brongniart Scientist of Minerals

Biography of Alexander Brongniart

Early Life

Alexander Brongniart scientist of minerals was a biologist and he has made many contribution to the fields of biology e.g. zoology and mineralogy. Alexander Brongniart was born in a city of France named as Paris on 5 February, 1770. His father was a well known architect in France. After his early education, he started a job as an assistant of Antoine Louis who was a professor of biology and chemistry at that time. This was his first exposure in this filed and this led him to further interest in this field that he started further research in this field.

Achievements

Alexander Brongniart was very much famous when he worked as a pharmacist for French Forces. In upcoming years he was appointed as professor of different fields e.g. he was the professor of mineralogy, plants chemistry and other related branches of science and biology. Alexander Brongniart spent most of time in his hometown where he was attached with many universities and was teaching there as a professor. He conducted many researches over there and even helped his students staying at his own home.

Inventor of Minerals

He was director of a porcelain factory and made contributions to ceramics particularly. He published many publications but his first publication was not about ceramic industry although it is said this field was of his main focus but his first publications were about mineralogy and zoology. Later on, in the field of biology, he classified reptiles more significantly and this thing made him one of the most important biologists of taxonomy. In his publication about mineralogy he classified clay and basalt in a different manner then existing one. He studied the gaseous origins of both of these minerals and noted many important properties of both of these

Publications

As mentioned above, his first publication was about mineralogy and zoology but he published many other publications also which were for the fields of chemistry and biology.. He was the first one who classified and differentiated zoology from other fields of biology and said that mineralogy is a totally different field. Alexander Brongniart was the person who published some publications on mammals and studied them individually in a way which opened numerous ways for new scientists.

Death

His publication about animals of the whole world was his last work in this field and now he was facing severe diseases. As a result, he died on 7^th October, 1847 when he was almost 77 years of age.