Alphonse Péron
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Alphonse Péron was a French soldier and amateur naturalist. He used his spare time to pursue his interest in paleontology, and authored or coauthored several important works on the geology and paleont
Description des mollusques fossiles des terrains crétacés de la région sud des hauts plateaux de la Tunisie recueillis en 1885 et 1886 par M. Philippe Thomas
Philippe Thomas
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Philippe Thomas was a French veterinarian and amateur geologist who discovered large deposits of phosphates in Tunisia. Despite the huge economic importance of his discovery, he received little recogn
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…Rolland should write up the results of the Tunisian Scientific Exploration Mission (1885–86), but he refused for health reasons. The task was given to Philippe Thomas, who was now in retirement. He wrote the Essai d'une description géologique de la Tunisie with the support of Jean Albert Gaudry, Alphonse Péron and…
Thomas in 1910 by Gaston Percheron
Monument to Philippe Thomas in Tunis
Place Philippe Thomas, Sfax. The bust of Thomas in the center of the square was later torn down.
Monument in Thomas's memory in Tunis, since dismantled.