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Gabriel Dupuy (urban Planner)
Gabriel Dupuy (5 February 1840, Angouleme – 5 February 1913, Bordeaux) was a French entomologist, who specialised in Lepidoptera. Depuy taught at École nationale d'Agriculture de Montpellier (Hérault). He studied the butterflies and moths of France notably Charente, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, and Gironde. He was a Member 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 first .... References *Oberthür, C. 1916: rown, F. R. F.''Etudes de lepidopterologie comparée'' 11 French lepidopterists 1840 births 1913 deaths People from Angoulême 19th-century French zoologists 20th-century French zoologists {{entomologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dordogne
Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named after the river Dordogne, which runs through it. It corresponds roughly to the ancient county of Périgord. In January 2019, Dordogne had a population of 413,223. History The county of Périgord dates back to when the area was inhabited by the Gauls. It was originally home to four tribes. The name for "four tribes" in the Gaulish language was "Petrocore". The area eventually became known as the county of Le Périgord and its inhabitants became known as the Périgordins (or Périgourdins). There are four Périgords in thDordogne * The "Périgord Vert" (Green Périgord), with its main town of Nontron, consists of verdant valleys in a region crossed by many rivers and streams;. * The "Périgord Blanc" (White Périgord), situated around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Angoulême
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1913 Deaths
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Josip Broz Tito, Tito alongside Alban Berg, Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1840 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 184 ( CLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Eggius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 937 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 184 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place China * The Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province Rebellion break out in China. * The Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions ends. * Zhang Jue leads the peasant revolt against Emperor Ling of Han of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Heading for the capital of Luoyang, his massive and undisciplined army (360,000 men), burns and destroys government offices and outposts. * June – Ling of Han places his brother-in-law, He Jin, in command of the imperial army and sends them to attack the Yellow Turban rebels. * Winter – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Lepidopterists
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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 first (honorary) president was Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833) who was elected unanimously and established the goal of the society to contribute to and progress the development of entomology in all its aspects. The main publications of the society are ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'', ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France'' and, for a few years, ''L'Entomologiste, Revue d'Amateurs''. The library contains 15,000 volumes and 1,500 titles of old or current literature. Lists * List of presidents of the Société entomologique de France List of presidents of the Société entomologique de France: * 1832 Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (1775–1858) * 1833 Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gironde
Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,623,749.Populations légales 2019: 33 Gironde INSEE The famous Bordeaux wine region is in Gironde. It has six arrondissements, making it one of the with the most arrond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 79 Deux-Sèvres INSEE In history and literature ''Deux-Sèvres'' was one of the 83 original ''départements'' created during the on 4 March 1790. Departmental borders were changed in 1973 when the inhabitants of the little commune of Puy-Saint-Bonnet became ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charente
Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2019, it had a population of 352,015.Populations légales 2019: 16 Charente INSEE History Charente is one of the original 83 departments created during the on 4 March 1790. It was created from the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of Metropolitan France
This is a list of butterflies found in Metropolitan France (including Corsica). Hesperiidae *''Carcharodus alceae'' (Esper, 1780) *'' Carcharodus baeticus'' (Rambur, 1839) *''Carcharodus floccifera'' (Zeller, 1847) *'' Carcharodus lavatherae'' (Esper, 1783) *''Carterocephalus palaemon'' (Pallas, 1771) *'' Erynnis tages'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Gegenes pumilio'' (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) *''Hesperia comma'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Heteropterus morpheus'' (Pallas, 1771) *''Muschampia proto'' (Ochsenheimer, 1808) *'' Ochlodes sylvanus'' (Esper, 1777) *''Pyrgus alveus'' (Hübner, 1803) *'' Pyrgus andromedae'' (Wallengren, 1853) *''Pyrgus armoricanus'' (Oberthur, 1910) *''Pyrgus bellieri'' (Oberthur, 1910) *''Pyrgus cacaliae'' (Rambur, 1839) *'' Pyrgus carlinae'' (Rambur, 1839) *''Pyrgus carthami'' (Hübner, 1813) *'' Pyrgus cirsii'' (Rambur, 1839) *''Pyrgus malvae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Pyrgus malvoides'' (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) *''Pyrgus onopordi'' (Rambur, 1839) *''Pyrgus serratulae'' (Rambur, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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