Louis Lucien Brazil

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Louis Lucien Brasil (born September 5, 1865 in Paris in the 13th arrondissement , † October 13, 1918 in Luc-sur-Mer ) was a French geologist , paleontologist , zoologist and especially ornithologist .

Live and act

Brasil worked in the science faculty of Caen University for 21 years . Here he got his scientific education as a student, from which he eventually developed his career. On January 7, 1897 he became a taxidermist for zoology. On June 1, 1906, he was under the auspices of Jean Joyeux-Laffuie (1852-1917) responsible for organizing a zoological conference. At the same conference on June 1, 1910, he appeared as a lecturer and finally became an assistant professor on January 1, 1911. After Joyeux-Laffuie's death in October 1917, he became head of the zoology department.

His scientific works are numerous and extremely varied. Influenced by his father, he initially dealt with the research areas of geology and paleontology. Successful excavations in the tertiary area of Cotentin and in the sand in the area around Lisieux provided him with a great deal of material for his research. Here he published a. a. about geological history from Normandy in the time of the Lower Jurassic and Bajocian , as well as about ammonites from the region. He later switched his research focus to natural history .

After entering the zoological institute in Caen, he devoted himself fully to this discipline. His studies on Apicomplexa , Gregarinen and his doctorate on the digestive tract of the poly-bristle . His doctoral thesis from 1904 was entitled Contribution à la connaissance de l'appareil digestif des Annélides Polychètes. L'épithélium intestinal de la Pectinaire .

Brasil got access to the rich collection of the Natural History Museum of Caen . Little by little he published a catalog about the whales in the museum and his observations of those on the coast of the Calvados department . Together with Georges Pennetier (1836–1923) he worked out the differences between a plains zebra in the museum of Rouen compared to other publications. With Henri Gadeau de Kerville (1858-1940) he worked in 1904 on an article on the sea ​​godwit ( Centriscus scolopax ). Much of his ornithological work has appeared in Revue française d'ornithologie . He also published an important book on the birds of the fresh water , coasts and swamps of France, Belgium and the British Isles. He gained such a high reputation among ornithologists that Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman (1866–1925) won him for several chapters for his work Genera Avium . Here Brasil worked on the cranes (Gruidae) (part 19, 1913), the cassowaries (Casuariidae) (part 20, 1913), the kagu (Rhynochetidae) (part 21, 1913), the kiwis (Apterygidae) (part 22, 1913) , the emus (Dromaiidae) (part 25, 1914) and the stilt claws (Mesitidae) (part 26, 1914). At the end of his life he was working on a book on birds of the Pacific Islands, but it was no longer published.

Brasil was considered an excellent teacher who was very popular with his students due to his precise, varied and practical lectures. For many researchers at the institute, he provided the guidelines for successful research.

During the war, despite additional burdens, he served as director of the bacteriology department in combating one of the most serious epidemics of the time. Since 1911 he was a member of the university council. In 1907 he was awarded the Order of L'Instruction publique and in 1911 the Cross of Merit Ordre national du Mérite .

At the end of his career, Brasil fell seriously ill. He left the widow Marie Blanche nee Leforestier, whom he married on January 30, 1902 in Caen, and his daughters Adrienne Marie Louise Jeanne (1893-) and Susanne Adele (1894–1976).

Entry his birth in the 13th arrondissement of Paris
Entry of the marriage of Louis Lucien Brasil to Marie Blanche Leforestier on January 30, 1902

  • Birth certificate Marie Louise Jeanne Leforestier later Brasil from May 10th 1893 in Caen

  • Birth certificate Susanne Adele Leforestier (1894–1976) later Brazil on November 27, 1894 in Caen, married to Jean Felix Bazin

Memberships

Brasil was a corresponding member of the American Ornithologists 'Union , since 1917 a foreign member of the British Ornithologists' Union , since 1893 a member of the Société Linnéenne de Normandie , of which he became president in 1912.

First descriptions by Louis Lucien Brasil

Brasil described a subspecies of the idol Liests ( Todiramphus sanctus canacorum ( Brasil , 1916)) and the Tahiti petrel ( Pseudobulweria rostrata trouessarti ( Brasil , 1917)) new to science. Other subspecies such as the Australian osprey ( Pandion haliaetus microhaliaetus ( Brasil , 1916)) (corresponds to the nominate form ), the Australian barn owl ( Tyto javanica lifuensis ( Brasil , 1916)) (corresponds to Tyto javanica delicatula ), the wedge-tailed harrier ( Haliastur sphenurus johannae ( Brasil , 1916)) (corresponds to the nominate form) and the South Sea Moorhen ( Zapornia tabuensis caledonica ( Brasil , 1917)) later emerged as synonyms.

Dedication names

Alexandre Bigot (1863–1953) honored him in 1937 in the name of the fossil marine snail species Oonia brasili .

Fonts (selection)

  • Note sur le lias supérieur du Calvados . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 4, volume 7 , 1893, pp. 42–43 ( gallica.bnf.fr [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Étude sur le level à Ammonites Opalinus en Normandie . In: Bulletin de la Société géologique de Normandie . tape 15 , 1894, pp. 37-41 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Céphalopodes nouveaux ou peu connus des étages jurassiques de Normandie . In: Bulletin de la Société géologique de Normandie . tape 16 , 1894, pp. 27-46 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • The Divisions de la Zone a Lytoceras Jurense en Normandie . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 4, volume 9 , 1895, pp. 34–39 ( gallica.bnf.fr [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Remarks on the constitution of the Toarcien supérieur dans le Calvados . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 4, volume 9 , 1895, pp. 147–151 ( gallica.bnf.fr [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Sur le Lias supérieur et le Bajocien de Tilly-sur-Seulles et de Feuguerolles . In: Bulletin du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Caen . tape 2 , 1895, p. 167-169 .
  • Observations sur le Bajocien en Normandie . In: Bulletin du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Caen . tape 2 , 1896, p. 223-243 .
  • The genres Peltoceras et Cosmoceras dans the couches de Dives et de Villers-sur-Mer . In: Bulletin de la Société géologique de Normandie . tape 17 , 1896, pp. 36–49 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Notes sur l'intestin de la Pectinaire ('Lagis koreni' Malmgren) . In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale . Series 3, volume 10 , 1902, pp. I-VII .
  • Joyeuxella toxoides ngn sp. Sporozoaire parasite de l'epitheliuru intestinal de Lagis Koreni Malmgr. In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale . Series 3, volume 10 , 1902, pp. V – VIII .
  • Origine et role de la secretion des coecums oesophagiens de l'Arenicole . In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale . Series 4, volume 1 , 1903, p. VI – XIII ( gallica.bnf.fr [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Report sur le mouvement scientifique . In: Assises scientifiques, littéraires et artistiques, fondées par Arcisse de Caumont . Series 3, 1903.
  • Contribution à la connaissance de l'appareil digestif des Annélides Polychètes. L'épithélium intestinal de la Pectinaire . In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale . Series 4, volume 2 , 1904, pp. 91–256 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • with Alexandre Bigot: Sur la faune des sables jurassiques supérieurs du Calvados . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie . Series 2, volume 1 , 1904, p. 85-106 .
  • with Henri Gadeau de Kerville: Note sur un Centrisque bécasse (Centriscus scolopax L.), Poisson acanthoptérygien pêché dans le département du Calvados (avec une planche en photocollographie) . In: Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences naturelles de Rouen . Series 4, volume 40 , 1904, pp. 199-200 .
  • The résorption phagocytaire des élements reproducteurs dans les vésicules seminales du Lumbricus herculeus Sav. In: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences . tape 140 , 1905, pp. 597-599 ( gallica.bnf.fr [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • La genèse et l'anisogamie chez les Monocystis du Lombric . In: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences . tape 140 , 1905, pp. 735-738 ( gallica.bnf.fr [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Eleutheroschizon duboscqi sporozoaire nouveau parasite de Scoloplos armed OF Muller . In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale . Series 4, volume 4 , 1905, pp. XVII – XXII ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Research on the reproduction of the grégarines monocystidées . In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale . Series 4, volume 3 , 1905, pp. 17–38 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Nouvelles Recherches Sur la Reproduction des Grégarimes Monocystidées . In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale . Series 4, volume 4 , 1905, pp. 69-100 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Research on the cycle évolutif des Selenidiidae. Grégarines parasites d'Annélides polychètes. I, La Schizogony et la croissance of gametocytes chez Selenidium caulleryi n.sp . In: Archives for Protist Studies . tape 8 , 1907, pp. 370-397 .
  • Les Cétacés du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Caen . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 6, volume 1 , 1909, p. 157–162 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Documents on quelques Sporozoaires d'Annélides . In: Archives for Protist Studies . tape 16 , 1909, pp. 107-142 .
  • Georges Pennetier: Note sur le nouveau Zèbre du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen << Equus Burchellii zambeziensis Prazak >> . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 6, volume 2 , 1910, pp. 101–110 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Speaking of the Experiences instituées pour l'étude des Deplacements des Oiseaux Migrateurs . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 1 , no. 10 , 1910, pp. 150–152 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Notes on quelques oiseaux remarquables du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Caen . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 2 , no. 23 , 1911, pp. 33-35 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Captures d'oiseaux marqués . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 2 , no. 24 , 1911, pp. 78 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Notes on quelques oiseaux remarquables du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Caen . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 2 , no. 29/30 , 1911, pp. 145–147 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Un oiseau étient de la Réunion: Fregilupus varius (Bodd.) . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 6, volume 4 , 19810/11, 1913, pp. 16–29, panels 2 & 3 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Sur l'orgine des Casse-Noix observés en 1911 dans l'Europe occidentale . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 2 , no. 38 , 1912, pp. 318-319 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Contributions à la connaissance des Cétacés observés sur les côtes de France: I. Grampus. griseus (Cuv.) . In: Mémoires de la Société linnéenne de Normandie . tape 24 , 1912, pp. 1-26 .
  • Sur un Canard casarca, Casarca ferruginea (Pall.), Tué à Hototen-Auge . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 6, volume 6 , 1913, pp. 31-33 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • L'Emeu de l'ile King . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 6, volume 6 , 1913, pp. 76-97 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Notes on quelques oiseaux remarquables du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Caen . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 3 , no. 49 , 1913, pp. 71-72 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Les oiseaux d'eau, de rivage et de marais de France, de Belgique & des îles Britanniques. Méthode pratique pour déterminer rapidement et facilement, sans connaissances spéciales, tous les oiseaux fréquentant la mer, les eaux douces et leur voisinage. Avec 142 figures . JB Baillière et fils, Paris 1914.
  • in Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman: Grues. The Gruidæ family in Genera Avium . No. 19 . V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 1913 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • in Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman: Casuarii. Fam. Casuariidæ in Genera Avium . No. 20 . V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 1913 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 2, 2015]).
  • in Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman: Grues. Fam. Rhinochetidæ in Genera Avium . No. 21 . V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 1913 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • in Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman: Apteryges. Fam. Apterygidæ in Genera Avium . No. 22 . V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 1913 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • in Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman: Casuarii, Fam. Dromaiidæ in Genera Avium . No. 25 . V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 1914 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • in Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman: Mesites, Fam. Mestidæ in Genera Avium . No. 26 . V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 1914 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Passage abnormal du Chavalier brun dans le Calvados . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 4 , no. 61 , 1914, pp. 303-304 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Sur les noms génériques Mestites, Mesoenas et Mesitornis . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 4 , no. 66/67 , 1914, pp. 382–383 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Notes on a collection d'oiseaux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de Lifou . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 4 , no. 80 , 1916, pp. 193-204 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Notes on a collection d'oiseaux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de Lifou . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 4 , no. 82 , 1916, pp. 219–223 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • A propos de la capture en France d'Oiseaux bagués dans les Iles-Britanniques . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 4 , no. 86 , 1916, pp. 295 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Two captures of interest for the Calvados . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 4 , no. 88/89 , 1916, pp. 324-325 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Le nom de genre «Mesites». - Rectification . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 5 , no. 104 , 1917, pp. 179–180 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • What is Turdus minutus Forster, From Cook's “Botany Island” . In: The Ibis . Series 10, volume 5 , 1917, pp. 422-428 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Notes on the Faune ornithological de l'Océanie . In: Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle . tape 23 , 1917, pp. 429-441 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Sur un cas de tuberculosis observé chez un Goéland à l'état sauvage . In: Revue française d'ornithologie . tape 5 , no. 109 , 1918, pp. 255-256 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).

literature

  • Alexandre Bigot: Necrology . In: Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie . Series 7, volume 1 , 1918, p. 52–56 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Alexandre Bigot: Pseudomélaniadés des Sables Séquaniens de Cordebugle (Calvados) . In: Bulletin de la Société géologique de France . Series 5, volume 7 , 1937, pp. 426-431 ( jubilotheque.upmc.fr [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • William Lutley Sclater: Louis Brasil . In: The Ibis . Series 11, volume 1 , 1919, p. 342–243 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed December 9, 2015]).
  • Theodore Sherman Palmer: Notes and News . In: The Auk . tape 36 , no. 3 , 1919, p. 449 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 287 kB ; accessed on December 9, 2015]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alexandre Bigot (1918), p. 53.
  2. ↑ a b c Alexandre Bigot (1918), p. 54.
  3. ↑ a b Alexandre Bigot (1918), p. 55.
  4. ↑ a b Alexandre Bigot (1918), p. 52.
  5. ^ Theodore Sherman Palmer, p. 449.
  6. ^ William Lutley Sclater, p. 342.
  7. ↑ Alexandre Bigot (1937), pp. 429-430, plate 25, Figures 1-5.

Remarks

  1. ^ According to the obituary in the Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie p. 2, he was born on September 2, 1865. This contradicts the entry of the birth in the Archives de Ligne in Paris.
personal data
SURNAME Brasil, Louis Lucien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brasil, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1918
Place of death Luc-sur-Mer