Ernest André (Lepidopterist)
Ernest André (born 1863 or 1864; died January 14, 1911 in Mâcon , Saône-et-Loire department ) was a French entomologist who researched peacock moths and silk making.
Life
Ernest André grew up as the son of the post office clerk Jacques André, who was a member of the Académie de Mâcon and invented telegraph technology. However, a telegraph developed by him found no interest from his employer. Ernest André, like his father, worked for the telegraph directorate. He suffered from heart disease, diagnosed around 1890, which eventually caused his early death.
research
From 1896 Ernest André was a member of the Académie de Mâcon, the local learned society . He dealt with the rearing of rare insects, namely native and exotic silk spiders , conducted behavioral studies in this context, and examined the possibilities of economic use of various species in silk production .
André was the founder and president of the Société d'histoire naturelle de Mâcon, member for life of the Société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun and secretary of the Société des amis des sciences de Mâcon.
André owned an important collection of around 200 species of peacock moth in different stages of development. This also included samples of the silk obtained from the spinners, which André used to assess the quality of the material and its suitability for economic use.
Awards
Dedication name
Cricula andrei Jordan
Publications (selection)
André was editor of the Bulletin de la Societé naturelle de Mâcon. He wrote nearly 50 publications on entomology, silk construction and mycology .
- Catalog analytique raisonné des lepidoptères de Saône-et-Loire et des limitrophes. In: Bulletin de la société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun 1903, Volume 16, pp. 1-82, part 1 ; Volume 17, pp. 177-267, part 2 .
- Tableaux analytiques illustrés pour la détermination des lépidoptères de France, de Suisse et de Belgique. Published in Miscellanea entomologica from 1899 to 1915 .
- Les champignons comestibles de Saône-et-Loire, Mâcon 1904.
- Elevage des vers à soie sauvages . Published in 1907 in the Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle de Macon .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Armand Duréault and Baron Joseph du Teil: Séance du 2 Février 1911. In: Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon 1911, 3rd series, volume 16, pp. Cxii-cxviii, here pp. Cxii and cxv, ISSN 0980-6032 (report of the meeting).
- ↑ a b c d e f Napoleon M. Kheil: Significant collections. In: Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911, Volume 5, No. 10, pp. 69-70, digitized and No. 11, pp. 73-70, digitized .
- ↑ Anonymous: News from the day. In: German Entomological National Library 1911, Volume 2, No. 6, pp. 47-48, here p. 48, digitized .
- ↑ a b Anonymous: État de l'Académie de Mâcon. In: Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon 1911, 3rd series, volume 16, pp. 431–477, here p. 437, ISSN 0980-6032 (list of members).
- ^ A b Camille Biot: L'Entomologiste Ernest André. In: Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon 1911, 3rd series, volume 16, pp. 234-238, ISSN 0980-6032 (obituary).
- ↑ Paul Kuhnt: From the entomological world. In: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911, pp. 353–355, digitized .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | André, Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1863 or 1864 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1911 |
| Place of death | Mâcon , Saône-et-Loire department |