Maurice Jean Auguste Girard (13 September 1822 – 8 September 1886) 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 ...

. Girard was born in

Givet Givet () (; ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France surrounded on three sides by the Belgian border. It lies on the river Meuse where Emperor Charles V built the fortress of Charlemont. It borders the French municipali ...

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, and entered

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in 1844. In 1847 he taught

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

Périgueux Périgueux (, ; or ) is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and the capital city of Périgord. It is also the seat of ...

. After having obtained his ''agrégation'', he left for

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

where he taught from 1853 to 1873. during this time he obtained his “licence” and his “doctorat ès-sciences naturelles” with a thesis entitled Étude sur la chaleur libre dégagée par les animaux invertébrés et spécialement les insectes. He edited L'Insectologie agricole, journal traitant des insectes utiles... et des insectes nuisibles... from 1867 to 1870. He wrote more than 200 publications on insects and a book on

François Péron François Auguste Péron (22 August 1775 – 14 December 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer. Life Péron was born in Cérilly, Allier, in 1775, the son of a tailor (not a harness maker as is frequently asserted). Although intended fo ...

- François Péron, naturaliste voyageur aux australes (1800-1804) (J.-B. Baillière, Paris, 1856) He was president of

Société entomologique de France Groupe Lactalis S.A. (doing business as 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 S.A. Lactalis is the largest dairy p ...

in 1867. He died at

Lion-sur-Mer Lion-sur-Mer (, literally ''Lion on Sea'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern Fran ...

, aged 63. *''Les Métamorphoses des insectes'' (Hachette, Paris, 1866, réédité en 1879). *''Catalogue raisonné des animaux utiles et nuisibles de la France''. I. ''Animaux utiles, leurs services et leur conservation; II. Animaux nuisibles, dégâts qu'ils produisent, moyens de les détruire'' (Hachette, 1874, réédité en 1878 et en 1879). *''Histoire naturelle. Zoologie'' (C. Delagrave, Paris, deux volumes, 1883-1887). *''Le Phylloxéra de la vigne, son organisation, ses mœurs, choix des procédés de destruction'' (Hachette, Paris, 1878, réédité en 1880 et en 1883). *''Les Abeilles, organes et fonctions, éducation et produits, miel et cire'' (J.-B. Baillière et fils, Paris, réédité en 1887 et en 1890). Source Jean Lhoste (1987). ''Les Entomologistes français''. 1750-1950. INRA Éditions : 351 p. Translation from French Wikipedia

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French entomologists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France 1822 births 1886 deaths People from Givet École Normale Supérieure alumni {{entomologist-stub