Maurice Cossmann
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Maurice Cossmann, full name Alexandre Édouard Maurice Cossmann (1850 – 1924) was a French paleontologist and malacologist.
Maurice Cossmann's father was an artist draughtsman and a talented lithographer. His early education was at Condorcet College
in Paris and he later gained the Diploma of the Central School of Arts and Manufacturing
in the same city. He was then employed by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord. Cossmann made all his career there, finally as Chief of the Engineering services (Ingénieur Chef des Services Techniques). Married and without a child, he loved to tell how the arrival of a small collection of fossils had led to his future studies of paleontology. Cossman specialised in the fossils of the Tertiary era. Certain works are still a major reference especially
Cossman published, sometimes collaboratively, 186 works (scientific papers and monographs) between 1879 and 1926 and he was the Editor of Revue critique de paléozoologie et de paléophytologie Paris 1897-1919. His work is described in two obituaries written by G.F.Dollfus in 1925 and A.R.Kabat in 1989.
Maurice Cossmann's father was an artist draughtsman and a talented lithographer. His early education was at Condorcet College
Lycée Condorcet
The Lycée Condorcet is a school founded in 1803 in Paris, France, located at 8, rue du Havre, in the city's IXe arrondissement. Since its inception, various political eras have seen it given a number of different names, but its identity today honors the memory of the Marquis de Condorcet. The...
in Paris and he later gained the Diploma of the Central School of Arts and Manufacturing
École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...
in the same city. He was then employed by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord. Cossmann made all his career there, finally as Chief of the Engineering services (Ingénieur Chef des Services Techniques). Married and without a child, he loved to tell how the arrival of a small collection of fossils had led to his future studies of paleontology. Cossman specialised in the fossils of the Tertiary era. Certain works are still a major reference especially
- Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, in English Iconography of the fossil shells of the EoceneEoceneThe Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
of the Paris basin) written with G. Pissaro (1904-1913, ca. 3000 pages and 110 plates)and - Conchyliologie néogénique de l’Aquitaine in English NeogeneNeogeneThe Neogene is a geologic period and system in the International Commission on Stratigraphy Geologic Timescale starting 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago and ending 2.588 million years ago...
Conchology of AquitaineAquitaineAquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
with A. Peyrot (in Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 1909-1932, vol. 45-85, ca. 4500 pages and 121 plates).
Cossman published, sometimes collaboratively, 186 works (scientific papers and monographs) between 1879 and 1926 and he was the Editor of Revue critique de paléozoologie et de paléophytologie Paris 1897-1919. His work is described in two obituaries written by G.F.Dollfus in 1925 and A.R.Kabat in 1989.