Roland Bonaparte
Roland-Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Principe de Canino e Musignano (born May 19, 1858 in Paris , † April 14, 1924 there ) was a member of the Bonaparte family and a French scientist , anthropologist and writer .
Life
Roland-Napoléon was the fourth son of ten children of Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte (1815–1881) and his wife Éléonore-Justine Ruflin (1832–1905). His paternal grandparents were Lucien Bonaparte , younger brother of Napoléon , and his second wife, Alexandrine Laurence de Bleschamp. Roland-Napoleon Bonaparte graduated from the Saint-Cyr Military School.
On November 18, 1880, Roland-Napoléon Bonaparte married Marie-Félix Blanc (1859–1882), daughter of the wealthy financier and casino owner François Blanc and Marie Charlotte Hensel in Paris . The marriage, which all reports said was a happy one, had a daughter: Marie (1882–1962), psychoanalyst ⚭ 1907 Prince George of Greece (1869–1957)
His wife Marie-Félix died shortly after giving birth of consumption and left him a great fortune. Roland Bonaparte financed a large number of expeditions to Africa , Asia and America . In his Paris villa on avenue d'Iéna n ° 10 he kept a huge collection of scientific specimens, including the most extensive herbarium in the world. He donated this to the Société de Géographie , of which he was president until his death. In 1919 he was president of the Société botanique de France .
Mother: Éléonore-Justine Ruflin
Father: Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte
1st wife: Marie-Félix Blanc
Works (selection)
- 1884 Les Habitants de Suriname, notes recueillies à l'Exposition coloniale d'Amsterdam en 1883
- 1885 Les Derniers voyages des Néerlandais à la Nouvelle-Guinée
- 1890 Le Premier établissement des Néerlandais à Maurice
- 1891 Une Excursion in Corse
Titles and awards
- Officier de la Legion d'honneur
- 1895 member of the American Philosophical Society
- 1910–1924 President of the Société de Géographie
- 1919 member of the Académie des Sciences
- 1922–1924 President of the International Geographical Union
- The British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton named Mount Bonaparte , a mountain in the Transantarctic Mountains , after him
- The French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named Bonaparte Point after him, a headland on the West Antarctic Anvers Island
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Roland Bonaparte. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 12, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bonaparte, Roland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bonaparte, Roland-Napoléon 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French scientist, anthropologist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1924 |
| Place of death | Paris |