Claude Alexandre Albert (Albert) Falsan (1833–1902)

French geologist. Attended lectures in the faculty of sciences, Lyon, but did not obtain a degree. Most of his early geological research focused on the region around Lyon. Member, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon, 1869; founding member, Société de géographie de Lyon, 1873. Worked on the Jurassic deposits of Bugey, 1873–88. Collaborated with Ernest Chantre on a monograph on the geology of ancient glaciers in the Rhône basin, 1875–80.