Joseph Henri Ferdinand Douvillé

Within this time period (1871-1883), he also made contributions to the geological map of France.

Douvillé performed stratigraphical and paleontological research from fossils reported by geologists in the Middle East, North Africa, Central America, Madagascar, etc.

He is credited for providing determinations of numerous paleontological species, and was a leading authority on ammonites.

In 1881 he was appointed president of the Société géologique de France, and in 1907 became a member of the Académie des Sciences.

Also he was: Joseph Henri Ferdinand Douvillé in libraries (WorldCat catalog)