Gustave Campiche

Gustave Campiche (August 1809, La Sagne – 1871, Sainte-Croix in the canton of Vaud) was a Swiss physician best known for his work in the fields of geology and paleontology.

Initially trained as a veterinarian, his interests later switched to medicine, of which, he received a doctorate at Lyon. After practicing medicine in the town of Rolle, he relocated as a doctor to Sainte-Croix in 1847, where he remained up until his death in 1871. In 1861 he became a member of the Grand Conseil in the canton of Vaud, and in 1870 received the title of préfet.[1]

In his spare time, he conducted geological and paleontological investigations in the vicinity of Sainte-Croix, and in the process collected many fossil brachiopods, bryozoans, echinoids and sponges.[2][1] With François-Jules Pictet de la Rive, he described the extinct gastropod genera Pseudomelania (1862), Cryptoplocus (1862) and Pseudocassis (1863),[3][4][5] as well as numerous fossil species. Some of his collected material was sent to the Musee Geologique in Lausanne.[6]

He made contributions to Pictet's Description des fossiles du terrain crétacé des environs de Sainte-Croix (1858–72. five parts),[7][8] and to Georges de Tribolet's Description géologique des environs de Sainte-Croix (1858).[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dictionnaire biographique des Genevois et des Vaudois qui se sont ..., Volume 1 by Albert de Montet
  2. ↑ Google Books Bulletin de la Société vaudoise des sciences naturelles, Volume 11.
  3. ↑ GBIF.org Pseudomelania Pictet & Campiche
  4. ↑ GBIF.org Cryptoplocus Pictet & Campiche
  5. ↑ GBIF.org Pseudocassis Pictet & Campiche
  6. ↑ Notice sur L'Origine et L'Installation du Musée Géologique de Lausanne by E. Renevier
  7. ↑ Catalog HathiTrust Description des fossiles du terrain crétacé des environs de Sainte-Croix.
  8. ↑ Google Search Description des fossiles du terrain crétacé des environs de Sainte-Croix
  9. ↑ Travaux du Laboratoire de géologie de la Faculté des sciences ..., Volumes 7-8 by Université scientifique et médicale de Grenoble. Laboratoire de géologie
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