Édouard-Alfred Martel

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Édouard-Alfred Martel
Born 1 July 1859(1859-07-01)
Pontoise
Died 3 June 1938(1938-06-03) (aged 78)
Montbrison
Known for Father of modern speleology

Édouard-Alfred Martel (1 July 1859, Pontoise, Val-d'Oise – 3 June 1938, Montbrison), the 'father of modern speleology',[1] was a world pioneer of cave exploration, study, and documentation. Martel explored thousands of caves in his native France and many other countries, popularized the pursuit of cave exploration, introduced the concept of speleology as a distinct area of study, maintained an extensive archive, and in 1895 founded the Société de Spéléologie,[2] the first organization devoted to cave science in the world.

Amongst his exploits were:

Martel bought the Gouffre de Padirac, and turned it into a show cave.

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Martel wrote many books and articles about speleology, hydrology and geology, of which most are listed here:[3][4]

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  • Les Cévennes, Paris: Delagrave, 1890 , 400 p. (12 editions)
  • Les Abîmes, Paris: Delagrave, 1894, ISBN 2-7348-0533-2 , 580 p. (10 editions)
  • Le massif de la Bernina (in collaboration with Lorria, A.), Zürich: Orell, 1895 , 200 p.
  • Irlande et cavernes anglaises, Paris: Delagrave, 1897 , 400 p.
  • Le Trayas et L'Estérel, Paris: Delagrave, 1899 , 80 p.
  • La Spéléologie, Paris: Carre et Naud, 1900 , 125 p.
  • Le gouffre et la rivière souterraine de Padirac, Paris: Delagrave, 1901 , 180 p.
  • La Photographie souterraine, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1903 , 70 p.
  • La spéléologie aux XXe siècle, Paris: Hermann, 1905 , 810 p.
  • Le sol et l'eau – Traité d'hygiène (in collaboration with de Launay, Ogier and Bonjean), Paris: Baillere, 1906 , 486 p.
  • L'évolution souterraine, Paris: Flammarion, 1908 , 388 p.
  • La Côte d'azur russe: Riviera du Caucase, Paris: Delagrave, 1909 , 423 p.
  • Les cavernes et les rivières souterraines de la Belgique (Van den Broeck, E, Martel, E.-A. and Rahir, Ed.), Bruxelles: Lamertin, 1910 , (2 vol.) 1800 p.
  • Explications sur Mammoth Cave, 1914 
  • Nouveau Traité des eaux souterraines, Paris: Doin, 1921 , 840 p.
  • Les causses et gorges du Tarn, Millau: Artieres et Maury, 1926 , 512 p.
  • L'Aven Armand, Millau: Artieres et Maury, 1927 , 48 p.
  • La France ignorée (2 vol.), Paris: Delagrave, 1928–1930 , 600 p.
  • Les Grands Causses (Les Causses majeurs), Millau: Artières et Maury, 1936 , 510 p.

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[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

  • André, Daniel et al. (1997), La Plume et les Gouffres 
  • André, Daniel; Gautier, Alain (1995), "La Societe de Speleologie", Spelunca 60: 11–18 
  • Casteret, Norbert (1943), E.-A. Martel, Explorateur du Monde Souterrain, Paris: Gallimard 
  • Chabert, Claude; Courval, Michel de (1971), E. A. Martel 1859–1938 
  • Kliebhan, Bernd (1999), "The contribution of E.A. MARTEL (1859–1938) to the development of caving technique", Mitt. Verb.dt.Höhlen- u. Karstforsch. Jg. 45 (2), http://www.kliebhan.de/spelhist/mar/eam-contrib.html 
  • N. N. (1947), "Edouard Alfred Martel (1859–1938)", Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal VII (24): 104–117 
  • Shaw, Trevor (1992), "E. A. Martel", History of Cave Science (2 ed.), Sydney, pp. 48–51 

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