Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare

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Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare (born September 17, 1731 in Rouen , † August 24, 1807 in Paris ) was a French naturalist.

Life

Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare was the son of a lawyer. He had received his degree from a Jesuit in his hometown and made rapid progress in the Greek language. His father made him want to study science. He began learning anatomy at the Hotel-Dieu , and dealt with pharmacy and chemistry. From 1750 he learned from Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon , Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton , René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur , Jean-Antoine Nollet , Guillaume-François Rouelle (1703–1770), Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach , Jean- Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert and Denis Diderot know the natural sciences.

Guided by these eminent minds, he felt the desire to teach the natural sciences himself. He discussed his intentions with the then French Minister of War Marc-Pierre d'Argenson , whereupon he received an assignment to visit the most important cities in Europe. There he had looked at the metal workshops, visited mines and collected materials for future classes. In 1756 he returned to Paris, where he taught on various branches of natural history until 1788. In 1767 he became a member of the Académie d'agriculture de France and in 1769 he became director of the cabinet of physics and natural history of Louis V Joseph de Bourbon-Condé in Chantilly .

His first book is the Museum of Natural History's catalog, draft Universal Dictionary of Natural History (1764). After a trip through Lapland and Iceland he provided an exact description of the volcanoes of Iceland. He was also able to expand his mineral collection. In 1763 he published his "Traité de Minéralogie", which was followed in 1764 by the "Dictionary of Natural History", which has been translated into almost every language in various countries and is considered to be his main work. Many learned societies had accepted him as a member. In 1764 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He declined offers to give lectures in foreign countries. From 1796 he was a member of the Institut de France ( Académie des sciences ) and was appointed professor of natural history at the École Centrale Paris , with which he also took on a position at the Lycée Charlemagne .

Works

  • Catalog d'un cabinet d'histoire naturelle , Paris, 1758
  • Extrait nomenclateur du système complet de minéralogie , Paris, 1759
  • Nouvelle exposition du règne animal , Paris, 1761–1762
  • Dictionnaire raisonné d'histoire naturelle , Paris: Didot le Jeune, 1764 et 1765, 5 [ou 6] vol. in-8 °; Paris: Lacombe, 1767-1768; Yverdon, 1768-1770; Paris: Brunet, et Lyon: J.-M. Bruysset père et fils, 1775–1776, Lyon: chez Bruysset frères, 1791, Lyon: Bruysset aîné et Cie, 1800

literature

  • Louis-Gabriel Michaud : Bibliography universelle, ancienne et moderne , 1827, tome XLVII, p. 394-396
  • Nouvelle Biographie générale , 1866, t. 45, c. 895
  • Louis Passy: Histoire de la Société Nationale d'Agriculture de France , t. 1, 1761-1793, Paris: P. Renouard, 1912, p. 252-253
  • Florian Reynaud: Les bêtes à cornes (ou l'élevage bovin) dans la littérature agronomique de 1700 à 1850 , Caen, thèse de doctorat en histoire, 2009, annexe 2 (publications) et annexe 22 (biography) Online

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry of Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ List of former members since 1666: Letter V. Académie des sciences, accessed on March 9, 2020 (French).


personal data
SURNAME Valmont de Bomare, Jacques-Christophe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouen
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1807
Place of death Paris