Wesmael
Wesmael is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Wesmael (1832–1905), Belgian botanist * Elisabeth Wesmael (1861–1953), Belgian graphic artist *Constantin Wesmael Constantin Wesmael (4 October 1798, in Brussels – 26 October 1872, near to Saint-Josse-ten-Noode) was a Belgian entomologist. Life Of modest origin, he was granted a bursary to study law. He taught, initially, humanities in Charleroi be ...

Elisabeth Wesmael
Elisabeth Wesmael (1861–1953) was a Belgian graphic artist. Life Wesmael studied at the Academie van Bergen under Auguste Danse from 1883 till 1884, where she learned to draw and make etchings by copying pictures such as "Sparrenbos in de Kempen" by Joseph Coosemans (1828–1904) and "Het uitgaan van de Vespers" by Franz Courtens (1854–1943), both in the collection of the museum in Brussels. Later she switched to landscapes, mostly of the Ardennes ("De Samber te Thuin", "Thuin. La ville basse", "Touët de Beuil", "De Ourthe te Esneux"...). Her etching ''Sunset in the Campine'' after Coosemans, was included in the 1905 book '' Women Painters of the World''.Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905 Her drawings also consist mostly of landscapes : "A corner of Léon Souguenet's garden", "Plateau de l'Ourthe" ...
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Constantin Wesmael
Constantin Wesmael (4 October 1798, in Brussels – 26 October 1872, near to Saint-Josse-ten-Noode) was a Belgian entomologist. Life Of modest origin, he was granted a bursary to study law. He taught, initially, humanities in Charleroi before teaching sciences at the Athenaeum of Brussels. He was, next a professor of zoology at the school of veterinary surgeon and agriculture. He specialized in Ichneumonidae. Collection According to a note made by Baron de Sélys Longchamps, Wesmael gave his Braconidae to Mr. Haliday, without knowing however that this Irish scientist would be later established in Italy, and that after his death his collection would pass via Edward Perceval Wright to Dublin Museum. However, in the copy of the biography of Wesmael by Selys, Dr. Jacobs noted next to the sentence written by Selys (p. 235) (He gave his Braconides to Mr. Haliday), this note:: Error! they were found by me... Both statements are true and Wesmael's Braconidae are divided b ...
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Alfred Wesmael
Alfred Wesmael (11 February 1832, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode – 9 November 1905, in Nimy) was a Belgian professor of botany. His outstanding work in taxonomy saw him invited to become Visiting Professor at the University of Washington. He worked as a ''répétiteur'' of courses in botany at the ''Ecole d’horticulture de Vilvorde'', later being named director of the botanical gardens in Mons. At Mons he was also director of the ''Société d’Agriculture, d’Horticulture et de Zoologie''. In 1867, with Daniel Rapin (1799–1882), he participated in plant collection activities in Switzerland. His taxonomic findings were mainly published in the ''Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique''. His treatment of the genus ''Populus'' was included in Candolle's "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ''Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis'' (1824–1873), also known by its standard botanical abbreviation ''Prodr. (DC.)'', is a 17-volume treatise o ...
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