page_title: Henry Testot-Ferry
section_title: A life devoted to the sciences
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Testot-Ferry / A life devoted to the sciences
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Photo de l'état civil de Bussières prise par mes soins Fredlep4
context_page_description: Henry Bernard Alfred Testot-Ferry also known as Henry de Ferry was a French geologist, archeologist and paleontologist. He was discoverer of the prehistoric site at the Rock of Solutré.
context_section_description: In the course of his studies on the prehistoric deposits at the Rock of Solutré, Testot-Ferry came into contact with most of the prehistorians of his day to discuss and check a certain number of hypotheses. He also maintained a long correspondence with Jacques Boucher de Perthes. Édouard Lartet, Gabriel de Mortillet and Sir John Lubbock would even come to the site to help him with excavations. Testot-Ferry and Arcelin presented their research in international conferences, and Solutré very quickly became one of the most important prehistoric sites in France.
  Testot-Ferry contributed to the scientific life of numerous institutions in France, and was:
  A founding member of the Comité de Paléontologie Française with whom he participated in writing the final 16 volumes of Paléontologie française which had been started by Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny.
  Member of the Société Géologique de France
  Correspondent of the Linnean Society of Normandie
  Correspondent of the Société d'Émulation du Doubs
  Titulary of the Académie de Mâcon
  A significant part of Testot-Ferry's reference collection of 5262 objects was bequeathed to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, as well as to the ainsi Musée des Ursulines in Mâcon. His grandson, André Testot-Ferry would sell another significant part of the collection to the British Museum of London in 1958.
caption: Death certificate of Henry Testot-Ferry
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