Ernest Charles Auguste Candèze was a Belgian doctor and

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who was born 22 February 1827 at

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

and died in

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, 30 June 1898. He studied in Liège under

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(1801–1870), then studied medicine in Paris and Liège. Following Lacordaire's advice he joined the circle of entomologists in Liège which included his longtime friend Félicien Chapuis (1824–1879) as well as Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813–1900) and the English entomologist

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(1837–1904). He took part in the foundation of the Belgian Entomological Society. Lacordaire encouraged him to specialize in Elateridae on which he published revisions of which the very rare ''Monographie of Elateridae'' (four volumes, Liège, 1857–1863) is important. He was a friend of the French editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814–1886) who pressed him to write scientific novels in order to popularize entomology to a larger audience: ''Aventures d'un grillon'', Adventures of a cricket (Paris, 1877), ''La Gileppe, les infortunes d'une population d'insectes'', Gileppe, misfortunes of a population of insects (Paris, 1879), which had a certain success, and ''Périnette, histoire surprenante de cinq moineaux''... Périnette, surprising history of five sparrows... (Paris, 1886). Also impassioned by photography, he developed a foldable camera which was a great success in Europe (and which was accompanied by his book Le Scénographe, appareil photographique de poche..., Paris, 1875)

References

* Translated from the French Wikipedia

External links

BHL
''Monographie of Elateridae''
L'Historique de l'Association Belge de Photographie et de Cinematographie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Candeze, Ernest 1827 births 1898 deaths Scientists from Liège Belgian entomologists Physicians from Liège Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium