Jules Pierre Rambur
Jules Pierre Rambur (born July 21, 1801 in Ingrandes near Chinon , † August 10, 1870 in Geneva ) was a French doctor and entomologist .
He studied medicine in Tours and Montpellier . He received his doctorate in Paris in September 1827 . With his childhood friend Adolphe de Graslin (1802–1882) and Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval (1799–1879) he published the multi-volume Collection iconographique et historique des chenilles d'Europe (Paris, 1832–1843).
From 1829 to 1830 he traveled to Corsica and in 1832 published the Catalog des lépidoptères de l'île de Corse . On February 29, 1832, he participated in the founding meeting of the Société entomologique de France . From 1834 to 1835 he undertook a long journey through Andalusia with Graslin , the results of which he published in the Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie (2 volumes, 1837-1840) and in the Catalog systématique des Lépidoptères de l'Andalousie (1858-1866). He married in 1841 and settled as a doctor in Seiches (Maine-et-Loire), later he lived in Saint-Christophe (Indre-et-Loire), in Tours and finally in Geneva.
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- Jean Gouillard: Histoire des entomologistes français, 1750-1950. Édition entièrement revue et augmentée. Paris, Boubée 2004
- Jean Lhoste: Les Entomologistes français. 1750-1950. INRA Editions, 1987
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| SURNAME | Rambur, Jules Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ingrandes-de-Touraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1870 |
| Place of death | Geneva |