Léon Fairmaire
Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire (born June 29, 1820 in Paris , † April 1, 1906 in Paris) was a French entomologist . His main research area were the beetles ( Coleoptera ). In the course of his scientific life, he built up an extensive collection of specimens, some of which are now kept in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle , the natural history museum in Paris. He published several hundred papers on the Coleoptera . In 1854 and again in 1891 he was president of the Société entomologique de France and in 1902, after 60 years of membership, he became its honorary president.
Works
- Genera des coléoptères d'Europe . Paris 1857–1868, doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.35866 .
- Histoire naturelle de la France. par L. Fairmaire . Paris 1884, doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.9324 .
- List des Coléoptères recueillis en Tunisie en 1883 par A [ristide] Letourneux . Paris 1885, doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.53766 .
- Hémiptères . Paris 1885, doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.36508 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire. Senckenberg World of Biodiversity, accessed October 20, 2013 (Biographies of Entomologists of the World: Details).
- ↑ Leon Fairmaire 1820-1906. Scarab Workers World Directory, accessed October 20, 2013 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Léon Fairmaire in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Léon Fairmaire: Histoire Naturelle de la France: 11 e Partie: Hémiptères (digitized edition)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fairmaire, Léon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fairmaire, Léon Marc Herminie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1906 |
| Place of death | Paris |