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'''Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville''' (his name, with the [[French Revolution|Revolution]] included a particle: Audinet de Serville) was a [[French]] [[ entomologist]], born on [[November 11]], [[1775]] in [[Paris]]. He died on [[March 27]] , [[1858]] in [[Ferté sous-Touarre]] |
'''Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville''' (his name, with the [[French Revolution|Revolution]] included a particle: Audinet de Serville) was a [[France|French]] [[ entomologist]], born on [[November 11]], [[1775]] in [[Paris]]. He died on [[March 27]] , [[1858]] in [[Ferté sous-Touarre]] |
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He was initiated, says one, by Madam de Grostête-Tigny who was impassioned, like her husband, by [[chemistry]] and [[insects]]. Audinet-Serville met, thanks to her, [[Pierre André Latreille]] (1762-1833). Latreille collaborated with him in the ''Dictionnaire des Insectes de l’Encyclopédie méthodique'' . Then he finished ''Faune française'' in 1830 a work started with [[Guillaume-Antoine Olivier]] (1756-1814). |
He was initiated, says one, by Madam de Grostête-Tigny who was impassioned, like her husband, by [[chemistry]] and [[insects]]. Audinet-Serville met, thanks to her, [[Pierre André Latreille]] (1762-1833). Latreille collaborated with him in the ''Dictionnaire des Insectes de l’Encyclopédie méthodique'' . Then he finished ''Faune française'' in 1830 a work started with [[Guillaume-Antoine Olivier]] (1756-1814). |
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Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (his name, with the Revolution included a particle: Audinet de Serville) was a French entomologist, born on November 11, 1775 in Paris. He died on March 27 , 1858 in Ferté sous-Touarre
He was initiated, says one, by Madam de Grostête-Tigny who was impassioned, like her husband, by chemistry and insects. Audinet-Serville met, thanks to her, Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833). Latreille collaborated with him in the Dictionnaire des Insectes de l’Encyclopédie méthodique . Then he finished Faune française in 1830 a work started with Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756-1814).
Audinet-Serville is particularly famous for his work on the Orthoptera. He published, in particular, Revue méthodique de l’ordre des Orthoptères which appeared in Annales des sciences naturelles in 1831. Then, in 1839, in the series of works entitled les Suites à Buffon, , a volume on the same order, Histoire naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères.
Translation from French Wikipedia