Pierre Bernard Palassou (9 June 1745, Oloron-Sainte-Marie – 9 April 1830, Ogenne-Camptort) was a French naturalist known for pioneer geological and mineralogical studies of the Pyrénées. [1]
He was a correspondent member of the Académie des sciences (1816–1830) and an honorary member of the Société linnéenne de Paris (1821). [2] His name is associated with the "Poudingues de Palassou", which are enormous beds of conglomerate rock found in the Pyrénées. [3] In 1784 he described Quercus palensis (Pyrenean oak) of the botanical family Fagaceae, [4] (synonym Quercus pyrenaica Willd.). [5]