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Paul Poty
Paul Louis Poty (30 August 1889, Chagny, Saône-et-Loire- 10 February 1962, Louhans ) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden Louis Lavauden (19 June 1881, in Grenoble – 1 September 1935, in Anjou, Isère) was a French zoologist and forester. He was a student at the Institut agronomique et de l'Ecole forestière in Nancy, afterwards conducting zoological studie ..., Noël Mayaud, Henri Heim de Balsac, Jacques de Chavigny, Henri Jouard and Jacques Delamain. He was a physician. References * René Ronsil (1948) ''Bibliographie ornithologique française''. Tome I. Bibliographie. Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 534 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Poty, Paul Louis French ornithologists 1962 deaths 1889 births 20th-century French zoologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alauda First-Edition
''Alauda'' is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The current genus name is from Latin ''alauda'', "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin. Taxonomy and systematics The genus ''Alauda'' was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. The type species was subsequently designated as the Eurasian skylark. The genus ''Alauda'' has four extant and at least two extinct species. Formerly, many other species have also been considered to belong to the genus. Extant species The genus contains four species: Extinct species * †''Alauda xerarvensis'' (late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria) * †''Alauda tivadari'' (late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) Former species Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Heim De Balsac
Henri Heim de Balsac (1 January 1899 – 28 November 1979) was a French zoologist. In 1937 Henri Heim de Balsac was awarded the Prix Savigny de l'Académie des sciences. In the following year, 1938, he was awarded the Prix Gadeau de Kerville de la Société zoologique de France and he became a Council Member of the Société zoologique de France in February, 1938. He became a Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Institute for Ornithology and he was also responsible for the foundation of l’Institut chérifien de recherche scientifique (Maroc) :fr:Institut scientifique de Rabat. Henri Heim de Balsac worked on ethology (l’écoéthologie des Campagnols des champs), biological indicators, hydrobiology and the Chiroptera of France. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, Noël Mayaud, Jacques de Chavigny, Henri Jouard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Deaths
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ornithologists
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René Ronsil
René Henri Ronsil (18 April 1908, Ménilles – 17 October 1956, Louveciennes) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology especially the bibliography of bird literature. He was also an operatic tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo .... References * Farber, Paul Lawrence (December 1977). "The Development of Taxidermy and the History of Ornithology". ''Isis''. 68 (4): 550–566. The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science Society. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ronsil, René Henri French ornithologists 1956 deaths 1908 births 20th-century French zoologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Delamain
Jacques Delamain (10 September 1874, Jarnac – 5 February 1953, Saint-Brice, Charente) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ' with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, Noël Mayaud, Henri Heim de Balsac, Jacques de Chavigny, Henri Jouard and Paul Poty Paul Louis Poty (30 August 1889, Chagny, Saône-et-Loire- 10 February 1962, Louhans ) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Al .... He wrote ''Why Birds Sing'', which was translated to English by Ruth and Anna Sarason, and published in 1932. References * Ronsil, René (1948). ''Bibliographie ornithologique française''. Tome I. Bibliographie. Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 534 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Delamain, Jacques French ornithologists 1953 deaths 1874 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Jouard
Henri Louis Ernest Jouard (16 May 1896, Santenay, Département Côte-d’Or; – 16 March 1938, Vence, Département Alpes-Maritimes) was a French lawyer and World War I soldier who was also an ornithologist. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, Noël Mayaud, Henri Heim de Balsac, Jacques de Chavigny, Jacques Delamain and Paul Poty. Life and work Jouard went to school at the École alsacienne in Paris, and later at the Gymnasium Carnot in Dijon, studying art and philosophy. He then studied law in Paris from 1914 but was interrupted when the First World War broke out. He was conscripted and from April 1915 he served in the 35th regiment of infantry. He then became a sergeant and moved to the 42nd regiment of infantry. He was wounded at Fort Vaux in 1916 and after recovery, he was posted at Buffle in 1917 where he escape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Chavigny
Jacques de Chavigny (7 January 1880- 4 May 1963) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology and oology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, Noël Mayaud, Henri Heim de Balsac, Henri Jouard, Jacques Delamain and Paul Poty Paul Louis Poty (30 August 1889, Chagny, Saône-et-Loire- 10 February 1962, Louhans ) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Al .... References * René Ronsil (1948) Bibliographie ornithologique française. Tome I. Bibliographie. Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 534 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavigny, Jacques de French ornithologists 1963 deaths 1880 births 20th-century French zoologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Mayaud
Noël Mayaud (25 November 1899, Saumur - 2 May 1989, Saumur) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, Henri Heim de Balsac, Jacques de Chavigny, Henri Jouard, Jacques Delamain and Paul Poty Paul Louis Poty (30 August 1889, Chagny, Saône-et-Loire- 10 February 1962, Louhans ) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Al .... References * René Ronsil (1948) .''Bibliographie ornithologique française''. Tome I. Bibliographie. Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 534 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayaud, Noel French ornithologists 1989 deaths 1899 births 20th-century French zoologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chagny, Saône-et-Loire
Chagny () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population International relations Chagny is twinned with Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department *Côte Chalonnaise Côte Chalonnaise is a subregion of the Burgundy wine region of France. Côte Chalonnaise lies to the south of the Côte d'Or continuing the same geology southward. It is still in the main area of Burgundy wine production but it includes no Grand ... References Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{SaôneLoire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Lavauden
Louis Lavauden (19 June 1881, in Grenoble – 1 September 1935, in Anjou, Isère) was a French zoologist and forester. He was a student at the Institut agronomique et de l'Ecole forestière in Nancy, afterwards conducting zoological studies of the province Dauphiné. In 1912–13 he performed research of the fauna in Algeria and Tunisia, and following World War I, returned to Tunisia as a forester. In 1925 he took part in one of the first motorized crossings of the Sahara (from Tunis to Cotonou via Lake Chad). From 1928 he was stationed in Madagascar, where he collected zoological specimens that included a number of lemur Lemurs ( ) (from Latin ''lemures'' – ghosts or spirits) are Strepsirrhini, wet-nosed primates of the Superfamily (biology), superfamily Lemuroidea (), divided into 8 Family (biology), families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 exist ... species. Lavauden is credited with providing descriptions for several new mammal and avian species/subsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Paris
Jean Ferdinand Paul Paris (16 August 1875 – 2 May 1938) was a French naturalist and zoologist who specialised in ornithology. He was, in 1929, the founder of '' Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' and served as professor of zoology at the University of Burgundy from 1934. Biography Paul Paris was born in Chaumont and was educated at the Université de Bourgogne where he graduated in 1901 and worked as a specimen preparator. He studied under the physiologist Clément Léger Nicolas Jobert (1840–1910) but had a nervous breakdown. He did not recover until 1921 when he edited the second volume of the Fauna of France. In 1922 he began to lecture in zoology and succeeded Marie Eugène Edmond Hesse in 1934. In 1929 he founded the journal ''Alauda''. On the editorial committee were Noël Mayaud Noël Mayaud (25 November 1899, Saumur - 2 May 1989, Saumur) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
