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### Author
Brongniart, Alexandre (1770-1847), French palaeobiologist, director of the Sèvres china factory, father of Adolphe Brongniart.
**Abbreviated name**: *Al. Brongn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Al.Brongn.*\]
#### Collections
Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 256; BM 1: 255; CSP 9: 364; DBF 7: 420; Kew 1: 383; Quenstedt p. 60-61.
- Dict. Sci. Nat. Méd., Biogr. Méd. 2: 539. 1820.
- Engelmann, Bibl. hist. nat. 659 \[index\]. 1946 (bibl.)
- Anon., Flora 31: 88. 7 Feb 1848.
- Deleuze, Hist. Mus. Hist. nat. 2: 707-711.
- Beaumont, Alg. Konst-Letterbode 1848(1): 132-138.
- Silliman et Beaumont, Am. J. Sci. ser. 2. 5: 141-149, 155-159. 1848.
- Dumas, Mém. Acad. Sci. Paris 39: xxxvii-cxx. 1879.
- Woodward, Hist. Geol. Soc. London 346. 1907.
- Balland, Les pharmaciens militaires français 270. 1913.
- Regnault, La Nature 2942: 510-512. 1934.
- Launay, Une grande famille de savants; les Brongniarts. Paris 1940 (bibl.)
- Rudwick, DSB 2: 493-497. 1970 (bibl.)
#### Eponymy
For eponyms based on the name Brongniart, cf. supra, sub A. T. Brongniart.
### Publications
##### n.804. Tableau des terrains qui composent l'écorce du globe
**Title**
*Tableau des terrains qui composent l'écorce du globe*, ou essai sur la structure de la partie connue de la terre. Paris (F. G. Levrault), Strasbourg (id.) 1829. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Tabl. terrains globe*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1829, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-435. *Copies*: NY, Teyler, US.
*Ref*.: Andrews ed. 2, p. 243; BM 1: 255.