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Paul Lemoine ( March 28, 1878 - March 14, 1940) was a French geologist born in Paris. He was the son of chemist Georges Lemoine (1841-1922).
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In 1902-03 he conducted geological studies of northern Madagascar that included Diego Suarez. In 1904 he performed geological/exploratory investigations in Morocco. From 1908 to 1919 he was head of the Geologie au Laboratoire Colonial in Paris. During this time period he also taught classes in geology at the Ecole speciale d'Architecture (1909-1920).
Following the retirement of Stanislas-Etienne Meunier (1843-1925), he was appointed chair of geology at the Museum national d'histoire naturelle (1920). From 1932 to 1936 he was director of the museum.
In 1916 in collaboration with other scientists, he created the Societe de Documentation Paleontologique, which later became known as the Syndicat de Documentation Geologique et Paleontologique. Lemoine was a member of the Academie des sciences, the Societe de biogeographie, the Societe francaise de mineralogie et de cristallographie and the Societe geologique de France (its president in 1923 & 1936).