Horace Benedict de Saussure ( 1740 - 1799 )

Birth: Near Geneva, Switzerland (17 February 1740) Death: Geneva, Switzerland (22 January 1799) Research Field: Geology, meteorology, botany, education Career: Professor of Philosophy, Geneva (1762); travelled in Holland, England, France (1768-1769), in Italy (1771), round Switzerland (1774-1784) and was one of the first to scale Mont Blanc (August 1787); chief work was "Voyages dans les Alpes" Membership: Fellow Election Date: 3/04/1788.