Alphonse Favre

Jean Alphonse Favre (31 March 1815 in Geneva – 11 July 1890 in Pregny) was a Swiss geologist.

[2] He studied natural sciences at the Academy of Geneva (1831–37), then chemistry and mineralogy in Paris (1839).

[4] He specialized in geological research of the Savoy and Mont Blanc, that included studies of ancient glaciers associated with those regions.

His explanation of the geological structure showed that certain anomalous incidents of fossils were due to recurring interfoldings of the strata and to complex overthrust faults.

[2][5] Favre Bjerg in Greenland was named after him by fellow Swiss geologist Heinrich Bütler (1893–1983).