Louis Gentil Explained

M. Louis Gentil (July 15, 1868 - June 12, 1925) was a French geologist, explorer, author, and professor. He explored North Africa.^{[1] [2]} He collected rocks and fossils. He discovered Encephalartos laurentianus in 1902. Louis Gentil Field is named for him. Youssoufia was known in the past as Louis Gentil. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences.^[3]

He was born in Algiers. He explored the Atlas Mountains and was tasked with exploring the Muluya (Mulucha) valley.^[4] He led the Cherifian Institute. He worked with Jacques Bourcart who succeeded him as its director.

Publications

• Esquisse stratigraphique et pétrolerique du bassin de la Tafna, Algérie, his doctoral thesis
• Au Coeur de l'Atlas: Mission au Maroc, 1904-1905
• Carte Geologique Provisoire du Maroc, 1920^[5]

See also

• List of companions of the Liberation

Notes and References

1. Rothé . Edmond . Louis Gentil, 15 juillet 1868-12 juin 1925 . Annales de l'Institut de physique du Globe de Strasbourg . 1927 . 8 . 1 . 107 . fr .
2. Bourcart . Jacques . La vie et l'oeuvre de Louis Gentil (1868-1925) . Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France . 1961 . S7-III . 2 . 244–256 . 10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-III.2.244 . fr .
3. Web site: Louis Gentil (1968–1925). www.annales.org.
4. Notes . Nature . August 1910 . 84 . 2127 . 148–152 . 10.1038/084148a0 .
5. Book: Burke, III . Edmund . The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam . 2014 . Univ of California Press . 978-0-520-95799-2 . 220 .