during a trip to the Alps. Déodat de Dolomieu died on 28 November 1801 at the home of his sister at Châteauneuf. Works Legacy George F. Kunz wrote about his contributions to mineralogy. Dolomieu's student and famous naturalist Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent gave his name in 1801 to the largest summital crater of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the French island of Réunion, the cratère Dolomieu. References Bibliography 1750 births 1801 deaths People from Isère French geologists Catastrophism Members of the French Academy of Sciences Knights of Malta