Henri Gabriel Duchesne (1739–1822), was a

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naturalist.

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Duchesne was born in Paris in 1739. He and Pierre-Joseph Macquer anonymously published a ''Manuel du naturaliste'' (Paris: Desprez, 1770, reissued in 1771), and he anonymously published a ''Dictionnaire de l'industrie'' (3 volumes, 1776; 2nd edition 1795). He died in 1822.

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