Etienne Delessert
Delessert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolphe Delessert (1809–1869), French explorer and naturalist * Édouard Delessert (1828–1898), French painter, archaeologist and photographer * Étienne Delessert (banker) (1735–1816), French banker * Étienne Delessert (illustrator) (born 1941), Swiss graphic artist and illustrator * François-Marie Delessert (1780–1868), French banker and politician * Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (14 February 1773 – 1 March 1847) was a French banker and naturalist. He was an honorary member of the Académie des Sciences and many species were named from his natural history collections. Biography He was bor ...

Adolphe Delessert
Adolphe François Delessert (15 September 1809 – 6 April 1869) was a French explorer and naturalist. A nephew of Baron Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert, Benjamin Delessert, he accompanied George Samuel Perrottet, Perrottet on a journey to India and Southeast Asia. During the course of five years that began on 24 April 1834, he collected several new species of plants and animals including the Wayanad laughingthrush which he collected on the slopes of the Nilgiris and was named by Thomas C. Jerdon as ''Garrulax delesserti'' in his honour. He travelled through Mauritius, Reunion Island, Penang, Pondicherry, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Java, and Madras returning on 30 April 1839. He used German botanical artist Jean-Christophe Heyland (1791-1866), for some of the illustrations in his books. In 1843 he published a book ''Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans l'Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839'' about his travels and included illustrations including landscapes by V. Dollet and animals by JG Prêtre ...
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Édouard Delessert
Édouard Delessert (15 December 1828 – 27 March 1898) was a French painter, archaeologist and photographer. Biography Delessert's parents were Valentine de Laborde, the socialite granddaughter of French businessman and slave trader Jean-Joseph de Laborde, and banker Gabriel Delessert. His mother would go on to be a mistress with several men. Édouard Delessert was at the same time a painter, archaeologist and especially a pioneer of photography using the calotype. He began by studying law before accompanying, in 1850, Félicien de Saulcy on his trip to the Dead Sea and Syria, then visiting Turkey, Greece, Sardinia and Italy. Contributor to the '' Revue de Paris'' from 1851 to 1858, founder of the critical magazine ''L'Athenaeum'', he embarked on business where he swallowed up a large part of his fortune, before wasting the rest. Prosper Mérimée, who had been his mother's lover, was his mentor in literature and developed, in the letters he addressed to her, some of h ...
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Étienne Delessert (banker)
Étienne Delessert (30 April 1735 - 18 June 1816) was a French banker, insurer and industrialist. His family was Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ... and was exiled from France around 1685 after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Several members of his family returned to France in 1735. He was born in Lyon. Aged 20 he was put in charge of the trading house which his father had set up in Lyon. He based himself in Paris from 1777 and died there. Businesspeople from Lyon French industrialists French bankers 1735 births 1816 deaths {{France-business-bio-stub ...
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Étienne Delessert (illustrator)
Étienne Delessert (born 4 January 1941 in Lausanne) is a self-taught Swiss graphic artist and illustrator. He is largely known for his animated series ''Yok-Yok'' and his collaboration with Eugène Ionesco, ''Stories 1,2,3,4'', as well as his work with child psychologist Jean Piaget. His work focuses on expanding the child's mind through the use of strange stories often designed to make children ask questions. He considers himself first and foremost a story teller. His creative process involves mostly digital media in combination with hand sketching. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Delessert was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in both 2006 and 2010. Career Delessert has children's book published and translated in over 14 different languages. He has also had illustrations published in ''TIME'' magazine. He also animated segments for ''Sesame Street'', like one about a woman's face morphing. Additionally, in 1973 ...
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François-Marie Delessert
François-Marie Delessert (2 April 1780 - 15 October 1868) was a French banker and politician. Born in Lyon, he was the second son of the banker Étienne Delessert. He studied in Geneva and in 1796 joined the bank Caisse d'Épargne, a banking house founded by his father. Soon he and his elder brother Benjamin were directing the house. He died in Passy Passy () is an area of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is home to many of the city's wealthiest residents. Passy was a commune on the outskirts of Paris. In 1658, hot springs were discovered around whic .... Politicians from Lyon French bankers Businesspeople from Lyon 1780 births 1868 deaths {{PasdeCalais-politician-stub ...
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