Louis Albert Necker
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Hatnote". Louis Albert Necker de Saussure FRSE MWS FGS (10 April 1786 – 20 November 1861) was a Swiss crystallographer and geographer.[1]
He is best remembered for devising the optical illusion now known as the Necker cube.[2]
Life
He was born in the Republic of Geneva, the son of botanist Professor Jacques Necker, nephew and namesake of statesman Jacques Necker, and Albertine Necker de Saussure.[3][4][5]
He was educated in Geneva, then sent to Edinburgh University in Scotland to study Sciences from 1806 to 1808.
He returned to Scotland in 1841 and settled on the Isle of Skye, lodging with the Cameron family at Bosville Terrace in Portree. His scientific interests turned to astronomy and a study of the aurora borealis. In 1843 and 1845, he was joined by his friend, James Forbes, a physicist and glaciologist. Together, they made the first accurate map of the Cuillins.[6]
He spent his later life mountaineering and collecting ornithological specimens. He died in Portree on 20 November 1861.[7] He is buried next to the Cameron family in the Portree churchyard.[6]
Works
- Mémoire sur les oiseaux des environs de Genève, Genève : Chez J.J. Paschoud, 1823. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Voyage en Écosse et aux Iles Hébrides. Genève, Paris, J.J. Paschoud, 1821. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Memoire sur la vallée de Valorsine, Genève : J. Barbezat et comp., 1828. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Mémoire sur le Mont Somma. Genève. : Barbezat et Delarue. 1828. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Le règne minéral ramené aux méthodes de l'histoire naturelle, Paris : Levrault, 1835. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Études géologiques dans les Alpes, Paris : Pitois : Langlois et Leclercq ; Strasbourg : Levrault, 1841. Template:Catalog lookup link
References
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- ↑ Forbes J D,1863. Biographical account of Professor Louis Albert Necker, of Geneva, Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Proc Royal Soc Edinburgh, 5: 53-76.
- ↑ Wade N J, Campbell R N, Ross H E, Lingelbach B, 2010. Necker in Scotch perspective.' Perception, 39: 1-4.
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- ↑ Mitchell J R. On the trail of Necker, from Geneva to Portree. West Highland Free Press, 12 July 2002, p. 15.
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