Émile Roubaud (2 March 1882 in

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– 30 September 1962 in Paris) was a French biologist and

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 arach ...

known for his work on paludism,

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and sleeping sickness.

Biography

In 1906-08 he worked in the

French Congo The French Congo (french: Congo français) or Middle Congo (french: Moyen-Congo) was a French Third Republic, French list of French possessions and colonies, colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo a ...

, where he studied the transmission of

trypanosomiasis Trypanosomiasis or trypanosomosis is the name of several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus ''Trypanosoma''. In humans this includes African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. A number of other dise ...

and the role of

tsetse flies Tsetse ( , or ) (sometimes spelled tzetze; also known as tik-tik flies), are large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus ''Glossina'', which are placed in their own family, Glos ...

. In 1909-12 he took part in a mission in

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and

Dahomey The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regio ...

, where he performed research of animal trypanosomiasis. On this mission he conducted geographical distribution studies of nine tsetse fly species.Emile Roubaud (1882-1962)
Service des Archives de l'Institut Pasteur In 1920, he and

Félix Mesnil Félix Étienne Pierre Mesnil (Omonville-la-Petite, La Manche department, 12 December 1868 – 15 February 1938, Paris) was a French zoologist, biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested ...

achieved the first experimental infection of chimpanzees with ''

Plasmodium vivax ''Plasmodium vivax'' is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria. Although it is less virulent than '' Plasmodium falciparum'', the deadliest of the five huma ...

''. He made his career at

Pasteur Institute The Pasteur Institute (french: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines f ...

— from 1914 to 1958 he was director of a research laboratory for medical entomology and pest biology at the Institute. Here, he also taught classes in medical entomology. He was president of the Société entomologique de France in 1927 and a member of the

French Academy of Sciences The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at th ...

in 1938. In 1936 he was named president of the ''

Société de pathologie exotique Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the se ...

''.ROUBAUD Émile Charles Camille
Sociétés savantes de France He is a recipient of the Montyon Prize.

Selected works

* ''La Glossina palpalis, sa biologie, son rôle dans l'étiologie des Trypanosomiases'', 1909 (doctoral thesis); ''Glossina palpalis'', its biology, its role involving the etiology of trypanosomiasis. * ''La maladie du sommeil au Congo français'', 1909 (in collaboration with G. Martin and A. Lebœuf) – Sleeping sickness in the French Congo. * ''Études sur la faune parasitique de l’Afrique occidentale française'', 1914 – Studies of parasitic fauna in French West Africa.

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* (French)

External links

Émile Roubaud on www.pasteur.fr (French)
1882 births Scientists from Paris French pathologists French biologists French entomologists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France Malariologists Members of the French Academy of Sciences Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur 1962 deaths 20th-century biologists {{France-biologist-stub

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