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Claude Allègre (née Claude Jean Ernest Allègre)
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Memorial Page for Claude Allègre (née Claude Jean Ernest Allègre)

Mar 31, 1937 – Jan 4, 2025(87 years)Died in:12th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France

French politician and geochemist

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Burial Place

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Occupation(3)

politiciangeologistgeochemist

Awards(8)

CNRS Gold medalArthur L. Day MedalCommander of the French Order of Academic PalmsV. M. Goldschmidt AwardWilliam Bowie MedalArthur Holmes MedalCrafoord Prize in GeosciencesFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Education(3)

Lycée CharlemagneLycée Saint-LouisScience Faculty of Paris

Claude Allègre (* March 31, 1937 in 13th arrondissement of Paris; † January 4, 2025 in 12th arrondissement of Paris) was a french politician and geochemist. He was 87 years old. His education included Lycée Charlemagne, Lycée Saint-Louis and Science Faculty of Paris. He received 8 awards, including CNRS Gold medal, Arthur L. Day Medal. He was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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Born in 13th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France

1937

Paris Diderot University

1970

university teacher · until 1976

Paris Institute of Earth Physics

1976

researcher · until 1986

V. M. Goldschmidt Award

1986

Crafoord Prize in Geosciences

1986

Arthur L. Day Medal

1988

CNRS Gold medal

1994

William Bowie Medal

1995

Arthur Holmes Medal

1995

Died in 12th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France

2025

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Claude Allègre (née Claude Jean Ernest Allègre). Forever remembered.