Étienne Louis Geoffroy (October 12, 1725 – August 12, 1810) was a French

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

and

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. He was born in

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and died in Soissons. He followed the

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of Carl von Linné and devoted himself mainly to

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s. Geoffroy was the author of ''Histoire abrégée des Insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris''. Paris : Durand Vol. 1 8 + 523 pp. 10 pls (1762) and co-author with Antoine François of ''Entomologia Parisiensis, sive, Catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur ...'' (1785).

References

* Jean Gouillard (2004). ''Histoire des entomologistes français, 1750-1950. Édition entièrement revue et augmentée.'' Boubée (Paris): p. 287 * Jean Lhoste (1987). ''Les Entomologistes français. 1750-1950. INRA Éditions: p. 351 {{DEFAULTSORT:Geoffroy, Etienne Louis French entomologists 1725 births 1810 deaths