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'''Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix''' (27 April 1758 – 8 January 1830) was a [[France|French]] [[zoologist]].
'''Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix''' (27 April 1758 – 8 January 1830) was a [[France|French]] [[zoologist]].


A lawyer by trade, he was also an enthusiastic amateur [[ornithologist]].<ref name=Strese117>Stresemann, p. 117</ref> Between 1817 and 1818, he described a number of [[Java]]nese bird species discovered by [[Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour]];<ref name=Strese117/> he also contributed articles on [[ornithology]] to the ''Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles'', edited and published from 1816–1830 by F. G. Levrault.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles |year=1816–1830 |editor=F. G. Levrault |location=Paris |publisher=Levrault |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xx8AAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Charles+henri+frederic+Dumont+de+Sainte-Croix%22+%22Dictionnaire+des+sciences+naturelles%22&pg=PT6}}</ref>
A lawyer by trade, he was also an enthusiastic amateur [[ornithologist]].<ref name=Strese117>Stresemann, p. 117</ref> Between 1817 and 1818, he described a number of [[Java]]nese bird species discovered by [[Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour]];<ref name=Strese117/> he also contributed articles on [[ornithology]] to the ''Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles'', edited and published from 1816 to 1830 by F. G. Levrault.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles |year=1816–1830 |editor=F. G. Levrault |location=Paris |publisher=Levrault |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xx8AAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Charles+henri+frederic+Dumont+de+Sainte-Croix%22+%22Dictionnaire+des+sciences+naturelles%22&pg=PT6}}</ref>


Dumont de Sainte-Croix's daughter, [[Marie Clémence Lesson|Clémence]] married [[René-Primevère Lesson]], a [[surgeon]] and noted French [[naturalist]].<ref>Stresemann, p. 138</ref>
Dumont de Sainte-Croix's daughter, [[Marie Clémence Lesson|Clémence]] married [[René-Primevère Lesson]], a [[surgeon]] and noted French [[naturalist]].<ref>Stresemann, p. 138</ref>

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Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758–1830)

Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix (27 April 1758 – 8 January 1830) was a French zoologist.

A lawyer by trade, he was also an enthusiastic amateur ornithologist.[1] Between 1817 and 1818, he described a number of Javanese bird species discovered by Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour;[1] he also contributed articles on ornithology to the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, edited and published from 1816 to 1830 by F. G. Levrault.[2]

Dumont de Sainte-Croix's daughter, Clémence married René-Primevère Lesson, a surgeon and noted French naturalist.[3]

His younger brother, André Dumont was elected to the Convention during the French Revolution.

References

  1. ^ a b Stresemann, p. 117
  2. ^ F. G. Levrault, ed. (1816–1830). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris: Levrault.
  3. ^ Stresemann, p. 138
  • Stresemann, Erwin (1975). Ornithology from Aristotle to the Present. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-64485-9.