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Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in
Guérin-Méneville changed his
''Dictionnaire Pittoresque d’Histoire Naturelle''
published in Paris 1836–1839. Guérin-Méneville was elected president of the
* Guérin-Méneville, Felix-Edouard. ''Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier: ou, représentation d'aprés nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'amimaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science''. Paris: J. B. Baillière, 1829–1844.
* Guérin-Méneville, Felix-Edouard (editor). ''Dictionnaire Pittoresque d’Histoire Naturelle'', Paris, 1836–1839.
Toulon
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– 26 January 1874, in Paris
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) was a French entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as ara ...
.
Life and work
Guérin-Méneville changed his surname
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from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of the illustrated work ''Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829–1844'', a complement to the work of the zoologists Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in na ...
and Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom ...
, ''Le Règne Animal
''Le Règne Animal'' (The Animal Kingdom) is the most famous work of the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. It sets out to describe the natural structure of the whole of the animal kingdom based on comparative anatomy, and its natural history. ...
'', which illustrated only a selection of the animals covered. Cuvier was delighted with the work, saying that it would be very useful to readers, and that the illustrations were "as accurate as they were elegant".
He also introduced silkworm
The domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''), is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of '' Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically ...
s to France, so they could be bred for the production of silk.
Guérin-Méneville founded several journals: ''Magasin de zoologie, d’anatomie comparée et de paléontologie'' (1830), ''Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne'' (1838), ''Revue et Magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée'' (1849), and ''Revue de sériciculture'' (1863). He was editor o''Dictionnaire Pittoresque d’Histoire Naturelle''
published in Paris 1836–1839. Guérin-Méneville was elected president of the
Société Entomologique de France
The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. The society was founded in 1832 in Paris, France.
The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The fi ...
for the year 1846.
Legacy
Guérin-Méneville is commemorated in the scientific names of dozens of genera and species of insects and other organisms, including at least one snake.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Guerin", p. 111).Works
* Guérin-Méneville, Felix-Edouard. ''Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier: ou, représentation d'aprés nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'amimaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science''. Paris: J. B. Baillière, 1829–1844.
* Guérin-Méneville, Felix-Edouard (editor). ''Dictionnaire Pittoresque d’Histoire Naturelle'', Paris, 1836–1839.
References
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