Rene Just Hauy ( 1743 - 1822 )

Birth: St-Just-en-Chaussee, Oise, France (28 February 1743) Death: Paris, France (01 or 03 June 1822) Research Field: Crystallography, mineralogy Education: College of Navarre; Lemoine Career: Teacher at Lemoine; discovered the geometric law of crystallisation (1781); imprisoned at the Revolution, but saved by the intercession of E Geoggroy St Hilaire; Professor of Mineralogy, Museum of Natural History (1802); deprived of the post (1814); spent last years in poverty Memberships: Academy of Science (1781) Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 12/03/1818.