Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Also known as Horace B. de Saussure, Horace Benedict de Saussure, Sauss., Horace-Benedict de Saussure
Genevan scientist (1740-1799)
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- Born
- 1740
- Died
- 1799
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Relation abrégée d'un voyage a la crime du Mont-Blanc en août 1787
- Journal de l'ascension du Mont-Blanc
- Premières ascensions au Mont-Blanc, 1774-1787
- Relation Abrégée d'un Voyage À la Cime du Mont-Blanc
- Voyages dans les Alpes: Partie Pittoresque (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)
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5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,740x
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 30,848x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
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Horace Bénédict de Saussure ( French: [ɔʁas benedikt də sosyʁ]; 17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer (specifically the Mont Blanc massif), often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.
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1740 births1799 deaths18th-century botanists from the Republic of Geneva18th-century naturalists18th-century physicists from the Republic of Geneva18th-century ProtestantsBotanists with author abbreviationsDe Saussure familyFellows of the Royal SocietyMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesMeteorologists from the Republic of Geneva