Albert Falsan information

Claude Alexandre Albert Falsan (14 May 1833, in Lyon – 12 February 1902, in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or) was a French geologist and glaciologist.

He was a student at the Collège des Minimes and also took classes at the University of Lyon as a pupil of geologist Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet. Although he never received a diploma, he dedicated his time and energies to geological research of the Jura, the Lyonnaise region and the Alps.^[1]

From 1869 to 1902 he was a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon, and in 1873, a founding member of the Société de géographie de Lyon. During his career he also received the following awards and distinctions:

• Lauréat de l'Institut, prix Bordin.
• Grande médaille du Congrès des sociétés savantes.
• Médaille d'or du concours de la Sorbonne, 1880.
• Médaille d'or de l'Académie de Lyon.^[1]