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Frédéric Courtois (1860 - 1928) was a French missionary and naturalist.

Frédéric Courtois was a missionary in China from 1901 until his death. He directed Musée Heude in Xujiahui. Courtois was primarily interested in ornithology and botany.From 1906 to 1928, he organized expeditions in the provinces of Kiangsu and the mountains of Anhwei and the Huangshan range. On these expeditions he brought back some 40,000 His Anhwei plant collection was published in 1933 by his successor Dr. Henry Belval.

Works

1912. Catalogue des oiseaux du Musée de Zi-Kia-Wei (Xujiahui) Mém. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chinois, 5 (3) : 1-98.
1927. Les oiseaux du musée de Zi-Kia-Wei Mém . Hist. Nat. Chine, 5 (3), 5e fasc.:123-159.

References

Bo Beolens et Michael Watkins (2003).Whose Bird ? Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press (New Haven et Londres) : 400 p. ISBN 0-300-10359-X
Borrell, Octavius William, 1991 A short history of the Heude Museum "Musee Heude: its botanist and plant collectors Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch Vol. 31 (1991 )ISSN 1991-7295 [1]

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 '''Frédéric Courtois''' ([[1860]] - [[1928]]) was a [[French people|French]] [[missionary]] and [[naturalist]].
-Frédéric Courtois was a  missionary in [[China]] from [[1901]] until his death. He directed [[Pierre Marie Heude| Musée Heude]] in [[Xujiahui]]. Courtois was primarily interested in [[ornithology]] and [[botany]].From 1906 to 1928, he organized expeditions in the provinces of [[Kiangsu]] and the mountains of [[Anhwei]] and the [[Huangshan]] range. On these expeditions he brought back some 40,000 His Anhwei plant collection was published in 1933 by his successor Dr. Henry Belval.
+Frédéric Courtois was a  missionary in [[History of the Republic of China|China]] from [[1901]] until his death. He directed [[Pierre Marie Heude| Musée Heude]] in [[Xujiahui]]. Courtois was primarily interested in [[ornithology]] and [[botany]].From 1906 to 1928, he organized expeditions in the provinces of [[Kiangsu]] and the mountains of [[Anhwei]] and the [[Huangshan]] range. On these expeditions he brought back some 40,000 His Anhwei plant collection was published in 1933 by his successor Dr. Henry Belval.
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