Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (* 1774 in Valenciennes , † February 11, 1846 in the 11th arrondissement in Paris ) was a French military, administrative officer and entomologist .
Live and act
After completing school in Douai , he joined the French army at the age of 16. After his discharge from the army, he became an administrative officer in Paris. However, in 1816, at the age of 42, he was forced to resign because he had openly spoken out in favor of Napoleon Bonaparte . Then he began to study insects , especially butterflies.
From 1821 he worked on the famous work l'Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères de France by Jean Baptiste Godart (1775-1825). After Godart's death in 1825 he became the sole editor (from volume 6). The (complete) work consists of 17 volumes, 12 of which were published under the sole direction of Duponchel. The 17 volumes contain over 7600 pages and 500 colored tables. The authors described over 4000 species of butterflies (day and night moths).
Duponchel was a founding member of the Société entomologique de France and became its first treasurer. He was a close friend of Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean , André Marie Constant Duméril and Pierre André Latreille .
He is buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris .
The genus Duponchelia Zeller, from the Crambidae family (superfamily Pyraloidea ) of butterflies, is named after him.
Memberships
Duponchel was a founding member of the Société entomologique de France and became its first treasurer. He was a close friend of Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean , André Marie Constant Duméril and Pierre André Latreille . When La Société Cuvierienne was founded in 1838 , he was one of the 140 founding members of the society.
Works
- Jean-Baptiste Godart: Histoire Naturelle Des Lépidoptères Ou Papillons De France . With the collaboration of Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel, Antoine Charles Vauthier, and Paul Chrétien Romain Constant Duménil. Paris, Crevot ,. (from vol. 6: continued by PAJ Duponchel, from vol. 7.2 in the publisher Méquignon-Marvis, Paris) 1821–1838.
- Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel: Monograph du genre Erotyle . Paris, 1825
- Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel: Catalog méthodique des lépidoptères d'Europe distribués en familles, tribus et genres: avec l'exposé des caractères sur lesquels ces divisions sont fondées, et l'indication des lieux et des époques où l'on trouve chaque espèce, pour servir de complément et de rectification à L'histoire naturelle des lépidoptères de France; devenue celle des lépidoptères d'Europe par les suppléments qu'on ya ajoutés . 523 pp., Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1844.
- Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel & Achille Guénée: Iconographie et histoire naturelle des chenilles, pour servir de complément à l'histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France de Godart et Duponchel. TI, Diurnes . Paris, Gerner Baillière, 1849
- Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel & Achille Guénée: Iconographie et histoire naturelle des chenilles, pour servir de complément à l'histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France de Godart et Duponchel. T.II, Crepusculaires. Nocturnes . Paris, Gerner Baillière, 1849.
credentials
Translated from the French Wikipedia
- Société Cuvierienne: List of the Premiers Fondateurs de La Société Cuvierienne, Association universelle pour l'avancement de la Zoologie, de L'Anatomie comparée et de la Palaeontologie . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 1 , 1838, p. 189-192 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Web links
- Archives numérisées de Paris Page 39 of 51
Individual evidence
- ^ Société Cuvierienne, p. 190.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duponchel, Philogène Auguste Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French soldier and entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenciennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1846 |
| Place of death | Paris |