Alfred Mathieu Giard

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Alfred Giard
by Paul Richer (1849–1933).

Alfred Mathieu Giard (born August 8, 1846 in Valenciennes , France , † August 8, 1908 in Orsay , France ) was a French biologist at the University of Lille I and École centrale de Lille .

In 1900 he became a member of the Académie des sciences . In 1901 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg . After him, Vilém Dušan Lambl is Giardia lamblia , the causative agent of giardiasis named. He is also the sole namesake for Giard Point , a headland on Anvers Island in Antarctica.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Alfred Mathieu Giard. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 31, 2015 .

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SURNAME Giard, Alfred Mathieu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French biologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Valenciennes
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1908
Place of death Orsay