Theodore monod biography

French naturalist and explorer (–)

Théodore André Monod (9 April – 22 November ) was a French naturalist, humanist, scholar and explorer.

Exploration

Monod was educated at École alsacienne and obtained a doctorate in science from Sorbonne University in ^[1][2] Early in his career, Monod was made professor at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and founded the Institut fondamental d’Afrique noire in Senegal.

He became a member of the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer in , member of the Académie de marine in and member of the Académie des sciences in In , he became one of the founders of the World Academy of Art and Science.

Theodore monod biography

He began his career in Africa with the study of monk seals on Mauritania's Cap Blanc peninsula. However, he soon turned his attention to the Sahara desert, which he would survey for more than sixty years in search of meteorites.

Though he failed to find the meteorite he sought, he discovered numerous