bert ▁H illy er ▁Category : American ▁black - and - white ▁films <0x0A> </s> ▁Eug ène ▁Louis ▁Mel ch ior ▁Pat rin ▁( 3 ▁April ▁ 1 7 4 2 , ▁Lyon ▁– ▁ 1 5 ▁August ▁ 1 8 1 5 , ▁Saint - Val lier ) ▁was ▁a ▁French ▁min eral og ist ▁and ▁natural ist . ▁ ▁Following ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁travel s ▁in ▁Germany , ▁Hung ary ▁and ▁Poland , ▁he ▁spent ▁eight ▁years ▁in ▁Russia ▁( S iber ia ) ▁( 1 7 8 0 – 8 7 ), ▁conduct ing ▁ge ological ▁and ▁botan ical ▁investig ations . ▁He ▁extens ively ▁travel led ▁the ▁Ur als , ▁the ▁Al ta i ▁Mountains ▁and ▁other ▁areas ▁of ▁Si ber ia , ▁with ▁his ▁min eral ▁collections ▁being ▁sh ipped ▁back ▁to ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁ahead ▁of ▁his ▁return . ▁This ▁material , ▁however , ▁was ▁partially ▁conf isc ated ▁by ▁Py otr ▁Simon ▁P allas , ▁who ▁kept ▁the ▁best ▁items ▁for ▁his ▁personal ▁cabinet . ▁Pat rin ' s ▁remaining ▁pieces ▁were ▁subsequently ▁offered ▁to ▁the ▁J ardin ▁du ▁Ro i ▁collection ▁in ▁Paris , ▁provided ▁that ▁the ▁group ▁not ▁be ▁broken ▁up . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 4 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁first ▁li br arian ▁of ▁the ▁Conseil ▁des ▁mines . ▁From ▁ 1 7 9 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 1 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁des ▁sciences , ▁b elles - let tres ▁et ▁arts ▁de ▁Lyon