Abel Posse
Abel Parentini Posse, best known as Abel Posse (Córdoba, Argentina, January 7, 1934), is an Argentine novelist, essayist, poet, career diplomat and politician.
Auguste Pomel
Nicolas-Auguste Pomel was born in Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, on 20 September 1821.
He studied at the Lycée de Clermont and earned his Licence ès sciences.
He was conscripted into the army when he was prepared to enter the École des mines.
He became a civil engineer after being released.
After the coup d'état of 2 December 1851 his Republican beliefs earned him deportation.
He became a "Garde des mines" in Oran in 1866, and was promoted to the 1st class in 1872.
From 1876 to 1882 he was member of the Senate (Oran division).
In 1882 he was tasked with geological mapping of Algeria. He died in Dra-el-Mizan.