Jean Victor Coste
Jacques Marie Cyprien Victor Coste (born May 10, 1807 in Castries (Hérault) , † September 19, 1873 in Résenlieu (formerly Rézenlieu) near Gacé (Orne)) was a French medic, embryologist and naturalist.
Life
He was born to Jacques and Marguerite Coste (nee Julien). He completed his medical studies at the Medical Faculty of Montpellier , where he also attended courses with the surgeon and anatomist Jacques Mathieu Delpech (1777-1832).
From 1836 on, he taught anatomy at the École pratique de Paris and, from 1844, embryology at the Collège de France .
He published in 1834 with Jacques Mathieu Delpech (1777-1832), a French surgeon, the Recherches sur la génération des mammifères et la formation des embryons and was appointed as a lecturer for developmental history at the Natural History Museum on the basis of this treatise. He also received a chair at the Collège de France. In 1851 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences and in 1871 he was appointed President of the Academy of Sciences.
Coste made a particular contribution to fish farming . On the report of Coste and Henri Milne Edwards (1800-1885), the government founded the large fish farm in Hüningen in Alsace in 1852 under his leadership . This plant, located in the former flood zone of the Rhine, produced over 600,000 salmon and trout in two years for the occupation of the Rhone . The young fish were sent all over the world to repopulate the rivers.
Coste tried to breed new species and toured the French and Italian coastal countries. In 1859 he founded the Marine Station of Concarneau , Station biologique de Concarneau .
After 1860 he was appointed General Inspector of Sea and River Fisheries and began undertakings to improve oyster farming , which at first promised astonishing results, then threatened to fail, but ultimately succeeded. He developed a broad knowledge and experience with artificial oyster beds, especially in 1859 with those in Arcachon .
Other works
- Coste, JV: Cours d'embryogénie comparée (Paris 1837)
- Coste, JV: Ovologie du kanguourou (Paris 1838)
- Coste, JV: Histoire générale et particulière du développement des corps organisés (Paris 1847–1859).
- Coste, JV: Instructions pratiques sur la pisciculture (Paris 1853, 2nd ed. 1856)
- Coste, JV: Voyage d'exploration sur le littoral de la France et de l'Italie (1855, 2nd edition 1861)
- Coste, JV; Delpech, JM: Recherches sur la génération des mammifères (...) Suivies de recherches sur la formation des embryons , (par MM. 1834)
Web links
- Daguerreography by Victor Coste
- Concarneau naval station
- Research station Petite Camargue Alsacienne
Individual evidence
- ↑ Imperial fish farm from Hüningen
- ↑ Official website of the Station de Biologie marine et Marinarium de Concarneau [1]
- ^ Festschrift for the 150th birthday of Concarneau Marine Biology
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coste, Jean Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coste, Jean Jacques Marie Cyprien Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castries (Hérault) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1873 |
| Place of death | Résenlieu |