Justin Savornin
Célestin Eugène Justin Savornin was a French professor and geologist.
Biography
He focused his research on the subsoil of the Sahara and is considered one of its most dedicated explorers.Savornin, together with Charles Depéret, was one of the principal discoverers in 1924 of the theropod dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus. In their first descriptions of the specimens, they initially assigned the remains to the genus Megalosaurus and later to Dryptosaurus.
He died in Algiers in 1970 at the age of 93. His remains were later repatriated to Pertuis.