Titles and distinctions

Titles

1892. Qualified teacher in natural sciences.

1895. Doctor in natural sciences (summa cum laude distinction).

Functions

 

1887. Assistant in geology and mineralogy at the Clermont-Ferrand University.

1888. Occasional teacher of natural sciences at the Clermont-Ferrand School of Medicine and Pharmacy.

1890-1893. Scholarship holder for the aggrégation, and grant for a PhD at the Natural History Museum, Paris.

1893. Assistant at the Laboratory of high studies at the Collège de France (Mr. Fouqué’s chair).

1893-1894.  Assistant at the Geological Map Service of France.

1895. Representative of the School of High Studies (Paris), in charge of scientific missions in Germany and Switzerland.

1895. Assistant at the Natural History Museum, Paris.

1896. Representative of the Ecole des Hautes études (Paris), in charge of scientific mission in England.

1899. Lecturer in geology and mineralogy at the Clermont-Ferrand University.

1899. Representative of the Ecole des Hautes études (Paris), in charge of scientific mission in Italy (studies of volcanic regions of central Italy).

1901. Assistant professor of geology and mineralogy at the Clermont-Ferrand University.

1906. Professor of geology and mineralogy at the Clermont-Ferrand University.

1906. Major contributor at the Geological Society of France.

1918. Corresponding Member at the Academy of Agriculture.

Honorific distinctions

1894. Prize-Winner of the College de France (Saintour Prize).

1898. Prize Winner of the Geological Society of France (Viquesnel Prize).

1904. Vice-president of the Geological Society of France.

1904 .Rosette of the Public Instruction.

1908. President of the section of Geology and Mineralogy at the congress of the French association for the progress of sciences at Clermont-Ferrand.

1908. Big silver medal from the French association for the progress of sciences at Clermont-Ferrand.

1909. Delesse Prize-Winner of the Institut (Académie des Sciences.

1912. Maunin Prize-winner of the Society of Geography.

1919. Cross of the Legion of Honour.

1920. Honorary Member of the Geological Society of Belgium.  

1923. Corresponding member of the Academy of Science.

1925. Officer of the Legion of Honnour.

1930. Fernand Mège Prize-winner of the Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts of Clermont-Ferrand.