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Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was born 17 February 1740, in Conches, near Geneva (today in Switzerland). Saussure's family were Genevan patricians. His father, Nicolas de Saussure, was an agriculturist and author who may have sparked Horace-Bénédict's early interest in botany.
After attending the "Collège" of his hometown, he completed his studies at the Geneva Academy in 1759 with a dissertation on heat (Dissertatio physica de igne).
Saussure became professor of physics and philosophy at the Academy of Geneva in 1762 and in 1766 developed what was probably the first electrometer, used to measure electric potential. The word geology was introduced into scientific nomenclature by Saussure with the publication of the first volume of his Voyages dans les Alpes (1779–96; “Travels in the Alps”), a work that contains the results of more than 30 years of geologic studies. In 1783 Saussure built the first hygrometer utilizing a human hair to measure humidity. He also performed early laboratory experiments on the origin of granite.
The genus of plants Saussurea, some adapted to growing in extreme high-alpine climates, is named after him and his plant-physiologist son Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure. The Alpine Botanical Garden Saussurea, located at Pavillon du Mont Fréty, first station for the Skyway Monte Bianco cable car, in Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, is named after it.
His work as a mineralogist was also recognized. Saussurite is named after him.
Saussure was honoured by being depicted on the 20 Swiss franc banknote of the sixth issue of Swiss National Bank notes (1979 to 1995, when replaced by the eighth issue; the notes were recalled in 2000 and will become valueless on 1 May 2020).
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In 1784, Saussure was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; in 1788, a foreign member of the Royal Society of London; in 1791, an associate foreign member of l'Académie des sciences de Paris.
Saussure's son Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure was a noted specialist in plant chemistry and an early pioneer in photosynthesis research.
His daughter Albertine Necker de Saussure was a pioneer in the education of women.
His great-grandson Ferdinand de Saussure was an important linguist and semiotician.
She was a Swiss writer and educationalist, and an early advocate of education for women.
He is one of the major pioneers in the study of photosynthesis.
His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiology in the 20th century.
