Adolphe François Delessert (15 September 1809 – 6 April 1869) was a French explorer and naturalist. A nephew of Baron

Benjamin Delessert Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (14 February 1773 – 1 March 1847) was a French banker and natural history, naturalist. He was an honorary member of the Académie des Sciences and many species were named from his natural history collections. Biog ...

, he accompanied 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 Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (12 October 1811 – 12 June 1872) was a British physician, zoologist and botanist. He was a pioneering ornithologist who described numerous species of birds in India. Several species of plants (including the genus '' Je ...

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 Jean-Christophe Heyland aka Jean-Christophe Kumpfler (1791 Frankfurt – 29 August 1866 Genoa), was a Swiss engraver, watercolourist, and illustrator, who produced the plates for many botanical works such as the 1825-27 ''Plantes Rares du Jardin d ...

(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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Adolphe Delessert (1843) Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Fortin, Masson et cie, Paris
1809 births 1869 deaths French explorers French naturalists Place of birth missing {{France-scientist-stub