Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot (February 12, 1790, Paris – May 19, 1845, Versailles) was a French geographer,

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and naturalist. A member of several

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, he was a founding member of the

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(1830). He authored various works on natural history (about fossils of animals and plants), geology and geography. He completed the "''Précis de la géographie universelle''" ("A system of universal geography") of

Conrad Malte-Brun Conrad Malte-Brun (12 August 177514 December 1826), born Malthe Conrad Bruun, and sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun, was a Dano-French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer. Today he ...

in 1829, which was left unfinished after the death of the Danish scholar in 1826. He also contributed the geological work "''Nouveau cours élémentaire de géologie''" to "''

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''", published by the library Roret. In addition, he made contributions to Nicolas Desmarest's "''Encyclopédie méthodique : Géographie-physique"''.Encyclopédie méthodique : Géographie-physique / par le cit. Desmarest ...
HathiTrust Digital Library Late in his life, he was the curator of the library of the city of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huot, Jean Jacques Nicolas Scientists from Paris French naturalists French geologists French paleontologists French geographers Librarians from Paris 1790 births 1845 deaths