Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville

Details

Instance of

human

Born

12 September 1777

Died

1 May 1850

Place of birth

Arques-la-Bataille

Place of death

Paris, Gare Saint-Lazare

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Henri-Marie

Family name

Ducrotay de Blainville, Blainville

Field of work

zoology

Occupation

botanist, paleontologist, herpetologist, entomologist, anatomist, university teacher, zoologist, biologist

Position held

Q115433676, managing editor, assistant professor, professor, professor, professor

Citizenship

France

Awards

Foreign Member of the Royal Society

academic degree

Diplôme d'État de docteur en médecine

author citation (zoology)

Blainville

described by source

Svensk uppslagsbok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, BEIC Digital Library

doctoral advisor

Georges Cuvier

doctoral student

Paul-Émile Botta

educated at

Paris Medical Faculty, Science Faculty of Paris

employer

Science Faculty of Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

languages spoken, written or signed

French

member of

Royal Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Société linnéenne de Normandie, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Académie Nationale de Médecine, Academy of Sciences of Turin, Athénée des Arts

name in native language

Henri-Marie Ducrotay de Blainville

place of burial

Père Lachaise Cemetery, Grave of Henry Ducrotay de Blainville

student of

Georges Cuvier

writing language

French

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