Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot (February 12, 1790, Paris – May 19, 1845, Versailles) was a French geographer, geologist and naturalist.
A member of several learned societies, he was a founding member of the Société géologique de France (1830).L'encyclopédie méthodique (1782-1832): des lumières au positivisme by Michel Porret He authored various works on natural history (about fossils of animals and plants), geology and geography. He completed the "Précis de la géographie universelle" ("A system of universal geography") of Conrad Malte-Brun in 1829, which was left unfinished after the death of the Danish scholar in 1826.Biographie universelle (Michaud) ancienne et moderne ... by Eugène Ernest Desplaces, Joseph Fr. Michaud, Louis Gabriel Michaud He also contributed the geological work "Nouveau cours élémentaire de géologie" to "Suites à Buffon", published by the library Roret.Nouveau cours élémentaire de géologie HathiTrust Digital LibraryNouveau cours élémentaire de géologie Google Books In addition, he made contributions to Nicolas Desmarest's "Encyclopédie méthodique : Géographie-physique".Encyclopédie méthodique : Géographie-physique / par le cit. Desmarest ... HathiTrust Digital Library Late in his life, he was the curator of the library of the city of Versailles.
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