Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de Férussac

Biography:

Baron Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de Férussac was a French naturalist and geologist. Jean Baptiste Audibert de Férussac was born in Clerac the son of Joseph d'Audebard de Férussac Seigneur de Jouatas and Marie Anne du Lion de Gasque and was educated at the military school. An artillery officer he reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel before returning to France in 1808.