Louis Rendu

Louis Rendu (December 9, 1789 in Meyrin – August 28, 1859) was French Roman Catholic bishop of Annecy and a scientist.

Luois Rendu, 1843

He was the author of Theorie des glaciers de la Savoie, an important book on the mechanisms of glacial motion. The , Alaska, U.S. and Mount Rendu, Antarctica are named for him.

He was a founding member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie.^[1] The following are a few of his ethnological and religious-themed works:

• De l'influence des Moeurs sur les Lois, et de l'influence des Lois sur les Moeurs, 1833
• Moeurs et coutumes de la Savoie du Nord au XIXe siècle, 1845
• Lettre à S. M. le Roi de Prusse (sur la situation religieuse de l'Europe), 1848
• Des efforts du protestantisme, 1855.^[2]

See also[]

• List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics

References[]

External links[]

• Bishop Rendu at Catholic Hierarchy
• Mount Rendu

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