Louis Rendu

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Louis Rendu (December 9, 1789 - August 28, 1859) was French Roman Catholic bishop of Annecy and a scientist, author of Theorie des glaciers de la Savoie, an important book on the mechanisms of glacial motion.

The Rendu Glacier, Alaska, U.S. and Mount Rendu, Antarctica are named for him.

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