Gaspard Auguste Brullé (7 April, 1809 – 21 January, 1873) was a French entomologist. Passionate about insects from a young age and through the intervention of Georges Cuvier, he participated in the

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organised by

Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist, officer and politician. He was born on 6 July 1778 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) and died on 22 December 1846 in Paris. Biologist and geographer, he was particularly in ...

in 1829. In 1832, he participated in the foundation of the

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. The following year he became an aide-naturaliste (assistant naturalist) to

Jean Victoire Audouin Jean Victor Audouin (27 April 1797 – 9 November 1841), sometimes Victor Audouin, was a French naturalist, an entomologist, herpetologist, ornithologist, and malacologist. Biography Audouin was born in Paris and was educated in the field of me ...

in charge of Crustacea, Arachnida and insects. Brullé studied for and obtained a baccalauréat in sciences then in "lettres", before qualifying in 1839 as a Doctor of Natural Science. His thesis, published in 1837, was ''Sur le gisement des insectes fossiles et sur les services que l'étude de ces animaux peut fournir à la géologie''. He became the Professor of

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and Comparative Anatomy at the

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. He proposed a new classification of Neuroptera which was completed by

Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson Dr Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (26 November 1809 in Stralsund – 18 December 1848 in Berlin) was a trained medical doctor and a German entomologist. He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. When ...

. He also wrote the introduction, parts of the text of ''Histoire naturelle des insectes coléoptères'' (published in 1840) with

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and parts of ''Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères'' with

Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (9 October 1770 – 23 August 1845), also spelled Lepeletier or Lepelletier, was a French entomologist, and specialist in the Hymenoptera. In 1833, he served as president of the Société ...

Étienne Mulsant Martial Étienne Mulsant (2 March 1797, Marnand, Rhône – 4 November 1880) was a French entomologist and ornithologist. Biography Initially employed in commerce, Mulsant wrote ''Lettres à Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description mé ...

named the

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species '' Scymnus brullei'' in his honor

References

* Gouillard J. (2004). ''Histoire des entomologistes français, 1750-1950''. Édition entièrement revue et augmentée. Boubée (Paris), 287 pp. * Jaussaud P. & Brygoo E.R. (2004). ''Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies''. Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris, 630 pp. * Lhoste J. (1987). ''Les Entomologistes français. 1750-1950''. INRA Éditions, 351 pp. * Mulsant, M.E. (1850)
''Species des coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes.'' Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Lyon 2:984
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