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G.A. Olivier
Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (; 19 January 1756, Les Arcs near Toulon – 1 October 1814, Lyon) was a French entomologist and naturalist. Life Olivier studied medicine in Montpellier, where he became good friends with Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet. With Jean Guillaume Bruguière and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, he collaborated in the creation of ''Journal d'Histoire Naturelle'' (1792). Afterwards, he served as a naturalist on a 6-year scientific journey that took him to Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt, Cyprus and Corfu. He returned to France in 1798 with a large collection of natural history specimens from his travels. Later, he was associated with the ''École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort'', where in 1811, he was appointed professor of zoology. Olivier was a close friend of Johan Christian Fabricius and a patron of Pierre André Latreille. Although primarily an entomologist, Olivier also worked in the scientific field of herpetology, describing several new species of Asian lizar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Arcs, Var
Les Arcs (, also known as Les Arcs-sur-Argens, literally ''Les Arcs on Argens''; oc, Los Arcs) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 7,066. Geography Les Arcs is served by Les Arcs–Draguignan station (''Gare des Arcs–Draguignan'') on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. The station, located within the commune of Les Arcs, also serves the greater neighbouring city of Draguignan, as the name suggests. Les-arcs-sur-argens-01.jpg, Les Arcs Town Hall Les-arcs-sur-argens-25.jpg, A view of Les Arcs Climate Les Arcs has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Les Arcs is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Arcs was on 27 June 2019; the coldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |