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Revision as of 03:24, 17 January 2019
Oscar de Beaux (5 December 1879–29 September 1955) was an Italian mammalogist. His studies of mammals primarily took place in the Italian colonies of Africa. De Beaux was also a conservationist.[1]
Early life
De Beaux was born 5 December 1879 in Florence, Italy.[2]
Career
Zoology
From 1911–1913, he was a scientific assistant at the Carl Hagenbeck zoo. He was later employed at the University of Genoa as a professor of zoology. Next, he worked at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, where he served as Director from 1934–1947.[3]
Conservation
In 1930, de Beaux published "Biological ethics: an attempt to arouse a naturalistic conscience", which Pedrotti called "his most important study."[2] In it, de Beaux defined biological ethics as the "study and definition of man's moral position before the living beings which do not belong to the humane race, beginning with the morale premise that man was not able to create the species."
American conservationist Aldo Leopold began a correspondence with de Beaux in 1934 after reading an English translation of "Biological ethics", saying that he read the paper "with very intense interest".[4] In his letter, Leopold enclosed his own publication in a similar vein, "The Conservation Ethic".[4]
Death
De Beaux died on 29 September 1955 in Torre Pellice, Italy.[2]
References
- ^ Gippoliti, S. (2006). "Oscar de Beaux: a noteworthy Italian mammalogist and conservationist". Italian Journal of Zoology. 73 (3): 285–289. doi:10.1080/11250000600821361.
- ^ a b c Pedrotti, F. (2001). "Biological ethics in the thought of Oscar de Beaux". Global Bioethics. 14 (1): 39–44.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press. p. 103-104. ISBN 9780801895333.
- ^ a b Hall, M. (2005). Earth Repair: A Transatlantic History of Environmental Restoration. University of Virginia Press. p. 229-230. ISBN 9780813923413.