Rémy Perrier (14 June 1861,

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– 27 June 1936, Chaunac) was a French

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

. He was the younger brother of zoologist

Edmond Perrier Jean Octave Edmond Perrier (9 May 1844 – 31 July 1921) was a French zoologist born in Tulle. He is known for his studies of invertebrates (annelids and echinoderms). He was the brother of zoologist Rémy Perrier (1861–1936). Career On advice ...

(1844-1921) who directed the

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from 1900 to 1919 and founded the Friends of the Natural History Museum society in 1907. Rémy Perrier studied

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at the

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, afterwards teaching classes in

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. From 1926 to 1931 he was a professor of zoology at the faculty des sciences in

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. He was a member of the ''Société des lettres, sciences et arts de la

Corrèze Corrèze (; oc, Corresa) is a department in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine regio ...

''. Perrier specialized in research on the

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(a subclass of

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). He is also remembered for his study of

sea cucumbers Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (). They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. The number of holothuri ...

, being credited with creation of the

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genus '' Gastrothuria''.

Publications

Beginning in 1923, Perrier released "''La Faune de la France en tableaux synoptiques illustrés''", a work on zoology published in ten installments by Librairie Delagrave. * 1A. ''Coelentérés, spongiaires, échinoderms. Sous-règne des protozoaires'' by Jean Delphy 936 * 1B. ''Vers et némathelminthes'', by Jean Delphy 935 * 2. ''Arachnides et crustacés'', with the collaboration of

Lucien Berland Lucien Berland (14 May 1888 in Ay, Marne – 18 August 1962 in Versailles)Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Berland (Lucien) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de ...

and

Léon Bertin Léon Bertin (8 April 1896, Paris – 5 February 1956, Saint-Amand-de-Vendôme) was a French zoologist. He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and died in the Loir-et-Cher Department of France, in a car accident. Biography F ...

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* 3. ''Myriapodes, insectes inférieurs''

923 __NOTOC__ Year 923 ( CMXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 15 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish a ...

* 4. ''Hémiptères, anoploures, mallopages, lépidoptères'' ...

926 Year 926 ( CMXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – The Italian nobles turn against King Rudolph II of Burgundy and request that ...

* 5. ''Coléoptères'' (part 1)

927 Year 927 ( CMXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May 27 – Simeon I, emperor (''tsar'') of the Bulgarian Empire, dies of heart failu ...

* 6. ''Coléoptères'' (part 2) in collaboration with Jean Delphy

932 Year 932 ( CMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Alberic II leads an uprising at Rome against his stepfather Hugh of Provenc ...

* 7. ''Hyménoptères'', by Lucien Berland, with the collaboration of

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, Francis Bernard, Henri Maneval

940 Year 940 ( CMXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * The tribe of the Polans begins the construction of the following fortified settlements (Gie ...

* 8. ''Diptères'', by

Eugène Séguy Eugene Séguy (21 April 1890 – 1 June 1985) was a French entomologist and artist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1956 to 1960. He is also known for establishing ...

937 Year 937 ( CMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * A Hungarian army invades Burgundy, and burns the city of Tournus. Then they go southward ...

* 9. ''Bryozaires, brachiopodes, mollusques, protocordés (amphioxus, tuniciers)'' with the collaboration of Paul Fischer, et al.

930 Year 930 (Roman numerals, CMXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * 17 June (traditional date) – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is es ...

* 10. ''Vertébrés, poissons, batraciens, reptiles, oiseaux, mammifères''

924 __NOTOC__ Year 924 ( CMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Forces led by Simeon I, ruler (''knyaz'') ...

** Other noted works by Perrier include: * ''Recherches sur l'anatomie et l'histologie du rein des gastéropodes prosobranches'', (1889) - Research on the

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and

histology Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vi ...

of the

* ''Cours élémentaire de zoologie'', (1899).IDREF.fr
(bibliography)

References

Nécrologie par Louis de Nussac, Bulletin de la Société des Lettres, Sciences et Arts de la Corrèze, 1937, p. 65-66

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrier, Remy 1936 deaths 1861 births French zoologists French malacologists People from Tulle École Normale Supérieure alumni