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Henry Darcy (1803–1858): Immortalised by his scientific legacy

Henry Darcy (1803–1858): Immortalisé par son héritage scientifique

Henry Darcy (1803–1858): Inmortalizado por su legado científico

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Professor G. O. Brown for many very informative exchanges over the years about Darcy and the history of hydrogeology. Thank you to P. Bobeck for her translation of Darcy’s original 1856 report that has afforded us all a wealth of accessible new insights about Darcy’s work and his law and for generously sharing her Darcy knowledge with me. I have also benefited from personal communication with many colleagues about this current work and the history of hydrogeology more generally. I thank M. Anderson, G. de Marsily, J. Sharp, T. N. Narasimhan and P. Renard for their very helpful comments. Thank you to F. Phillips, A. Davis and D. Stephens for providing supporting information that assisted in the preparation of this article. A. Freeze, S. Barles and C. Voss provided constructive reviews of this manuscript. Thank you to G. de Marsily, G. de Marsily, P. Brunner, T. Graf, M.-T. Schafmeister, M. Larocque, P. Bobeck and J.-J. Risler for assistance in translation matters pertaining to the text and references. Earlier historical accounts by J. R. Philip and R. A. Freeze inspired me to learn more about Henry Darcy and the history of hydrogeology. Finally, my sincere thanks to the living Darcy descendents in France, especially Henry Darcy V and his brother Pierre Darcy de Moltke Huitfeldt and their families. My personal contact with them continues to influence my writings on Darcy and has brought about new insights and information that were not contained in previous written accounts; I thank them for allowing us all to learn more about Henry Darcy.

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Some material was originally published in Aquifer Systems Management: Darcy’s Legacy in a World of Impending Water Shortage, edited by: Laurence Chery and Ghislain de Marsily. ISBN:9780415443555. Published by: Taylor & Francis, The Netherlands, 2007. Reprinted with permission from the publisher.

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Simmons, C.T. Henry Darcy (1803–1858): Immortalised by his scientific legacy. Hydrogeol J 16, 1023–1038 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-008-0304-3

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