The public garden Pierre Termier

Pierre Termier was born on 3 July 1859 in Lyon. His parents were from a simple background, his mother worked in the silk industry and his father was a commercial traveller. At first he received a literary education. But, attracted by a scientific vocation, he then studied at the Polytechnique from 1878 to 1880. Geology came into his life unexpectedly: "The first time I heard about geology was in 1879, at an altitude of almost 3,000 metres, on the summit of the Belledonne. I was then a...