Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville
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Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (February 26, 1814 – October 10, 1876) was a geologist and meteorologist.
Born in St Thomas he was the brother of Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville.
Having attended at the Ecole des Mines in Paris, he assisted Elie de Beaumont in the chair of geology at the College de France from 1855 until he succeeded him in 1874. He made researches on volcanic phenomena, especially on the gaseous emanations. He investigated also the variations of temperature in the atmosphere and ocean. He died in Paris.
His published works include: Etudes geologiques sur les iles de Teneriffe el de Fogo (1848); Voyage geologique aux Antilles et aux ties de Teneriffe et de Fogo (1848-1859); Recherches sur les princi-paux phenomenes de meteorologie et de physique generate aux Antilles (1849); Sur les variations periodiques de la temperature (1866), and Coup d'aril historique sur la geologie (1878).
The Promontorium Deville, a lunar headland, was named after him.
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