Édouard Piaget (3 November 1817 in

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– 10 September 1910 in

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) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in lice (''

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'').

Life

As a young man, Piaget became a teacher of French at Mr. de Raedt's , an

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boarding school in the

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. After obtaining a doctorate in

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at Leiden University he remained in the Netherlands but did not practice law as a profession, working instead as a private tutor until 1844, when he was appointed teacher of French and

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at the Gymnasium Erasmianum in

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. Later he taught at the Hogere burgerschool for secondary education in Rotterdam. In 1884, aged 67, he returned to

to live with his sister.

Collection

Piaget's collection of lice (''Pédiculines'') was obtained from animals in the Zoological Gardens at

and from skins in the Naturalis in

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. It was enhanced by specimens from all over the world sent for identification and description. His entomological collection, herbarium, and library were given to the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in Neuchâtel. Part of his collection is now in the

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, with his general entomological collection still at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Neuchâtel.

Works

Monographs * (1880) ''Les pédiculines: Essay monographique''. Leiden, Brill, E. J., 714 pp. pdfPhthiraptera
at www.phthiraptera.org * (1885) ''Les Pediculines. Essai monographique''. Supplement. E. J. Brill, xii+200pp.

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External links

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