Henri George Doll (13 August 1902 in Paris – 25 July 1991 in Montfort-l'Amaury, France) was a French-American scientist.

Biography

Doll was a leading figure in the development of oil well logging and a key technical leader of the

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oilfield services company. A graduate of the

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and École des Mines, he married Anne Schlumberger, daughter of one of the Schlumberger brothers (Conrad), and joined their company. His contributions include the induction logging technique, and during World War II he led the development of the jeep-borne mine detector. He received a Certificate of Appreciation from the United States government, and was made an officer of the

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. Upon his retirement in 1967, the Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation's research laboratory in

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was renamed the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center in his honor. The Schlumberger-Doll Research Center was relocated to

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Schlumberger-Doll Research Center, Schlumberger
Doll came to the United States in 1941 and became an American citizen in 1962. His marriage with Annette Schlumberger ended in divorce. His second wife was the ballerina Eugenia Delarova, who was once married to the choreographer

Léonide Massine Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (), better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine (15 March 1979), was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Massine created the world's first symphonic ballet, ''Les Présages'', and ...

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