Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare ( 1731 - 1807 )

Birth: Rouen, France (17 September 1731) Death: Paris, France (24 August 1807) Research Field: Mineralogy, natural history Career: Studied pharmacy and chemistry, Rouen; went to Paris and took up natural history (1757); set up and taught a public course in natural history, Jardin des Plantes, Paris (1756-1788); Head of the Prince of Conde's Cabinet of Physics and Natural history, Chantilly (1769); added his own collections to those of the Prince, and all were confiscated at the Revolution (1789) at which time he destroyed his own diaries; Assistant member, Mineralogy Section, Institut de France (1795); Professor of Natural History, Ecole centrale (1796-1806); Assistant Headmaster, Lycee Charlemagne (1806) Membership: Candidate.