Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix
Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte Croix (born April 27, 1758 in Oisement near Abbeville , † January 8, 1830 ) was a French lawyer and amateur ornithologist . Its author abbreviation is Dumont .
Life
His father was the royal judge Jean Charles Nicolas Dumont († 1788). Charles Dumont became a lawyer at the royal court in Paris, department head in the Justice Ministry under Louis Gohier , director of the legal committee and a member of several learned societies .
Dumont was arrested on the orders of the Welfare Committee while hanging up a poster reminding of the principles of justice during the trial of General Custine . After Robespierre's fall , Dumont was released and subsequently distinguished himself through a number of writings, including ornithological contributions, in particular the volume on ornithology in the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles by FG Levrault.
Works (selection)
- 1795 Mémoire d'un détenu
- FG Levrault (Ed.): Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles . Levrault, Paris 1816-1830.
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- Biography universelle ou dictionnaire de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes. Volume 6, p. 318 ( Google books )
- Biography universal ancienne et modern. Appendix, Volume 63, pp. 136f. ( Google books )
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dumont de Sainte Croix, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dumont de Sainte Croix, Charles Henri Frédéric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer and amateur ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oisement at Abbeville |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1830 |