Adrien Frédéric Jules Dollfus (21 March 1858, in

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-Dornach – 19 November 1921, in

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) was a French

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known for his work with terrestrial

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s, including crustaceans and trilobites.

Life and career

Adrien Dollfus was the grandson of Alsatian factory owner

Jean Dollfus Jean Dollfus (September 25, 1800 – 21 May 1887) was a French industrialist who grew a textile company, Dollfus-Mieg et Compagnie (D.M.C.), in Mulhouse. Dollfus was a leading figure in a philanthropic society which constructed a company town that ...

. He was born in Dornach,

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, now part of the city of

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. He completed a Bachelor of Science degree and then began a lifelong study of crustaceans and trilobites. In 1870 he founded the publication ''La Feuille des jeunes naturalistes''. In 1888 he married Anna Noémie Schlumberger in Paris, with whom he had three children. In 1912 Dollfus was chosen president of the ''

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''. Some species with the epithet of ''dollfusi'' are named in his honor, and others commemorate his relatives

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Gustave Frédéric Dollfus Gustave Frédéric Dollfus (26 November 1850, Paris – 6 November 1931, Paris) was a French geologist and malacologist. He was the father of parasitologist Robert-Philippe Dollfus (1887–1976). In 1868–70 he studied geology under Edmond H� ...

(1850-1931) or

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Robert-Philippe Dollfus Robert-Philippe Dollfus (20 July 1887 in Paris, France – 19 February 1976 in Paris, France) was a French zoologist and parasitologist. Stunkard, H.W. 1977. In Memoriam Robert-Philippe Dollfus (1887–1976). Journal of Parasitology 63: 706 & 7 ...

(1887-1976). Around 1900, Swiss author, editor, correspondent and librarian

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(1878-1945) served as Dollfus' private secretary and librarian.

Selected works

* ''Isopodes terrestres du "Challenger"'', 1890 - Terrestrial isopods from the "

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". * ''Mission scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. VI, Crustacés / Crustacés isopodes / A. Dollfus'', (

Alphonse Milne-Edwards Alphonse Milne-Edwards (Paris, 13 October 1835 – Paris, 21 April 1900) was a French mammalogist, ornithologist, and carcinologist. He was English in origin, the son of Henri Milne-Edwards and grandson of Bryan Edwards, a Jamaican planter who se ...

) 1891 - Scientific mission to

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in 1882-83 (VI Crustaceans / Isopod crustaceans by Dollfus). * ''Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886''. (1892) - Voyage of Charles Alluaud to the territory of Assinie (western Africa) in July/August 1886. * ''Catalogue raisonné des Isopodes terrestres de l'Espagne'', 1892 -

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of terrestrial isopods native to Spain. * ''Sur la distribution géographique des isopodes terrestres dans la région des Basses-Pyrénées'', 1893 - On the geographical distribution of terrestrial isopods in Basses-Pyrénées. * ''Voyage de M. Charles Alluaud aux Iles Séchelles. Crustacés Isopodes terrestres'', 1893 - Voyage of Alluaud to the

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; terrestrial isopods. * ''Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud aux Iles Canaries (Nov. 1889-juin 1890) Isopodes terrestres'', 1893 - Voyage of Alluaud to the

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; terrestrial isopods. * ''Crustacés Isopodes de la Sicile'', 1896 - Isopod crustaceans native to

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