Georges-Victor Legros
Georges-Victor Legros (born May 28, 1862 in Aubusson , Creuse department ; † September 3, 1940 in Montrichard , Loir-et-Cher department ) was a doctor in Montrichard and member of the French National Assembly from 1914 to 1932.
Life
Legros was a friend and admirer of the great French natural scientist (entomologist) and writer Jean-Henri Fabre . At his suggestion, the French National Assembly passed a law on July 14, 1914, under which Fabres Harmas in Sérignan-du-Comtat, Vaucluse was bought by the state and transferred to the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle , which it still manages today; the direct descendants of Fabre were granted a lifelong right of use. Fabre's daughter from his first marriage, Aglaë, who looked after her father until his death in 1915, lived there until 1931. Today, Harmas is open to the public as a state museum.
Legros was Fabre's first biographer. His book 'La Vie de J.-H. Fabre, Naturaliste '(Librairie Delagrave Paris), first appeared in 1913 and thereafter in several editions; it is one of the most important sources for Fabre's résumé. The English translation by Bernard Miall was published as early as 1913 under the title Fabre, Poet of Science by T. Fisher Unwin, London.
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- Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, 1889-1940 (J.Joly), Tome VI, p. 2221.
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: [1]
Web links
- Literature by and about Georges-Victor Legros in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Legros, Georges-Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Legros, Georges Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aubusson , Creuse department |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1940 |
| Place of death | Montrichard , Loir-et-Cher department |