Charles Pérez (19 May 1873 in

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– 22 September 1952 in

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) was a French

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

best known for his research of

marine invertebrates Marine invertebrates are the invertebrates that live in marine habitats. Invertebrate is a blanket term that includes all animals apart from the vertebrate members of the chordate phylum. Invertebrates lack a vertebral column, and some have evo ...

and

insects Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of j ...

. His father, Jean Pérez (1833-1914), was a zoology professor at Bordeaux, and his father's sister was married to Belgian

malacologist Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

Paul Pelseneer Jean Paul Louis Pelseneer (Brussels, 26 June 1863 – Brussels, 5 May 1945)Adam W. (1946). "Paul Pelseneer 1863–1945". ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' 26(6): 149-151PDF was a Belgian malacologist, morphologist, ethologis ...

(1863-1945). From 1898 to 1902, he was an '' agrégé préparateur'' of zoology at the

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, obtaining his doctorate of sciences in 1902. Afterwards, he worked as a lecturer to the faculty of sciences in Bordeaux, where in 1904, he was appointed professor of zoology and animal

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

. In 1909 he returned to Paris, where he eventually became an associate professor at the

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.Prosopo
Sociétés savantes de France In 1919 he was named adjoint-director of the zoological station at

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, and in 1921 became director of the laboratory at

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. From 1921 onward, he was a professor of zoology at the Sorbonne. He was a member of several learned sciences, including the ''

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'' (1935–52) and the ''

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'' (president 1924).

Selected works

* ''Observations sur l'histolyse et l'histogénèse dans la métamorphose des vespides (Polistes gallica L.)'', 1910 - Observations on histolysis and histogenesis in the metamorphosis of

vespid The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as ''Polistes fuscatus'', ''Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Each ...

s (''

Polistes gallicus ''Polistes gallicus'' is a species of paper wasp found in various parts of Europe, excluding England, Denmark, and Scandinavia, from warmer climates to cooler regions north of the Alps. Nests of these social insects are created in these various c ...

''). * ''Recherches histologiques sur la métamorphose des Muscides (Calliphora erythrocephala Mg.)'', 1910 - Histological research on the metamorphosis of

Muscidae Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...

(''Calliphora erythrocephala''). * ''Les pagures ou Bernards l'ermite (un exemple d'adaptation)'', 1934 - The

hermit crab Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an a ...

(an example of adaptation). Also, he made editions to Réaumur's ''Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes''.Biodiversity Heritage Library
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Charles 1873 births 1952 deaths Scientists from Bordeaux University of Bordeaux faculty University of Paris faculty French entomologists French carcinologists