Charles Émile Blanchard

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Charles Émile Blanchard.

Charles Émile Blanchard (born March 7, 1816 , 1819 or 1820 in Paris ; † February 11 or February 12, 1900 there ) was a French zoologist and entomologist .

His father was an artist and natural historian , which brought Blanchard into scientific contact with nature very early on. At the age of 14, Victor Audouin (1797–1841) granted him access to his laboratory at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle .

From 1844 to 1847 he accompanied Henri Milne Edwards (1800–1885) and Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Breau (1810–1892) on a marine biology expedition to Italy and Sicily .

He was a member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors . On February 10, 1862 Blanchard became a member of the section d'anatomie et zoologie of the Académie des sciences , in 1883 he was president of the academy.

Life dates

There is various information about the dates of birth and death of Blanchard. While many sources speak of March 7, 1819 and February 11, 1900, other sources give the date of death as February 12, 1900. In an obituary in the journal Nature , his death is given as February 11, 1900, but he is attested to be 84 years old.

Works

  • Histoire naturelle des insectes orthoptères, neuroptères, etc. (1840)
  • Histoire des insectes (1845)
  • L'organization du règne animal (38 articles, 1851–1864)
  • Zoologie agricole (1854–1856) This work is remarkable because it depicts the pests very precisely . The work was illustrated by his father.
  • Preuve de la formation récente de la Méditerranee , (in Comptes rendus des Sciences , 1881)

Web links

Commons : Charles Émile Blanchard  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Winkler-Prins': Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie , Derde Druk, Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier", Amsterdam 1906. Volume 3, p. 561.
  2. ↑ Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857
  3. ↑ a b In memoriam Les Membres de l'Académie des sciences depuis sa création (en 1666). (No longer available online.) Académie des sciences, archived from the original on August 9, 2011 ; Retrieved September 4, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.academie-sciences.fr
  4. ^ RL: Professor Émile Blanchard. In: Nature. 61./1900., 1585 (15 March 1900), p. 473 ( PDF file; 0.1 MB ).
personal data
SURNAME Blanchard, Charles Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French zoologist and entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1816 or March 7, 1819 or March 7, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1900 or February 12, 1900
Place of death Paris