Eugène Desmarest
Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest (born March 31, 1816 in Paris , † December 22, 1890 ) was a French entomologist and zoologist.
Live and act
He was the son of Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest and head of the department of comparative anatomy and anthropology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle .
For the natural history encyclopedia, edited by Jean-Charles Chenu (1851 to 1861), he wrote the volumes Hymenoptera (Hymnoptera) (1860) and Reptiles and Fish (1874) and other articles.
Memberships
He was a member of the Société entomologique de France since 1838 and its secretary from 1840 to 1889. In 1843 Malherbe was introduced by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville as member number 288 of the Société cuviérienne .
literature
- Société Cuvierienne: Nouveaux membres admis dans la Société curvienne . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 6 , 1843, pp. 376 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Web links
- Information on Eugène Desmarest in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Darwin Correspondence Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to Bibliothèque Nationale de France, see web links. Sometimes 1889 is also given as the year of death.
- ^ Société cuviérienne, p. 376.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desmarest, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desmarest, Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entomologist and zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1890 |