Gustave Émile Haug (19 June 1861 - 28 August 1927) was a French

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and

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known for his contribution to the geosyncline theory.

Career

Émile Haug was born on 19 June 1861. In 1884 he received his doctorate in natural sciences from the

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with a dissertation on the ammonite genus '' Harpoceras'', titled "''Beiträge zu einer monographie der Ammonitengattung Harpoceras''". In 1897 he became ''

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'' at the

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, where in 1904 he was named a full professor of geology.Haug, Gustave Émile
Sociétés savantes de France In 1902 he was appointed president of the

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, and from 1917 to 1927, was a member of the

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. The third part of Philippe Thomas's ''Essai d'une description géologique de la Tunisie'', which was to have described the

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formations, was completed and published by his friend, Professor Léon Pervinquière (1873–1913), holder of the Chair of Geology at the Faculty of Science in Paris. Émile Haug published the ''Essai d'une description géologique de la Tunisie'' after Pervinquiere had also died, and presented it to the Geological Society of France in session on 6 April 1914. Haug died in

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on 28 August 1927, aged 66.

Publications

Haug's major work, "''Traité de géologie''", was published in two volumes (1907–11; Vol. I. "''Les phénomènes géologiques''", Vol. II. "''Les périodes géologiques''"), with volume II being issued in three parts. He was also the author of: * "''Les géosynclinaux et les aires Continentales''", (1900). * "''Les nappes de chariage de la Basse-Provence''", (two volumes; 1925, 1930).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haug, Emile 1861 births 1927 deaths French geologists University of Strasbourg alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris Members of the French Academy of Sciences People from Bas-Rhin Presidents of Société géologique de France