Joachim Barrande & 5958 Barrande Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

Barrande was born at Saugues, Haute Loire, and educated in the École Polytechnique at Paris. Although he had received the training of an engineer, his first appointment was that of tutor to the duc de Bordeaux (afterwards known as the comte de Chambord), grandson of Charles X, and when the king abdicated in 1830, Barrande accompanied the royal exiles to England and Scotland, and afterwards to Prague. Settling in that city in 1831, he became occupied in engineering works, and his attention was then attracted to the fossils from the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Bohemia.
In recognition of his important researches the Geological Society of London in 1857 awarded to him the Wollaston medal. In 1870, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1875.

In 1884 the Barrande Rocks in Prague was named in honor of the scientist and massive plaque with Barrande's name was added at the rocks (visit link) . On 24 February 1928 all district of Prague, Barrandov, was named after him.

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5958 Barrande Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: A. Mrkos
Date of discovery: 29. 1. 1989
Place of discovery: Klet Observatory

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