Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (16 May 1849,
Nantes
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– 26 January 1922,
Paris
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) was a French
entomologist
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
who specialised in
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
.
Louis Bedel studied first in Nantes then in Paris where the future entomologist
Maurice Sédillot (1849-1933) was a fellow student. His father arranged his taking part in natural history sorties where he met great names of natural history like
Alcide d'Orbigny
Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...
(1802-1857) and which were also attended by future scientists in other disciplines like
Henry Le Chatelier (1850-1936),
Henri d'Orbigny (1845-1915) and
Pierre Emile Gounelle
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(1850-1914). He took part in the
war of 1870 before continuing his law studies. Bedel wrote nearly 300 publications mainly devoted to the Coleopters. His collection is preserved at the
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
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.
Sources
* Jean Lhoste (1987). ''Les Entomologistes français. 1750-1950. ''INRA Éditions : 351 p.
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French entomologists
1849 births
1922 deaths