Henri Gadeau de Kerville (17 December 1858 in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

– 26 July 1940 in

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) was a French

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and

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best known for his photographs of these subjects and especially for his work "''Les Insectes phosphorescents: notes complémentaires et bibliographie générale (anatomie physiologie et biologie): avec quatre planches chromolithographiées''", Rouen, L. Deshays, 1881.

Personal life

He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen - History
/ref> He was a member of the ''Société des sciences naturelles et amis du Museum de Rouen'' (1878), the ''

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'' (1882) and the ''Société préhistorique française'' (1911). In 1910 he founded a laboratory for experimental speleobiology in Saint-Paër. The ''

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Société entomologique de France The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. The society was founded in 1832 in Paris, France. The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The first ...

'' each offers a "Prix Gadeau de Kerville" for achievements in their respective fields.
France Savante (biographical information) His scientific collections and photographs brought back from his expeditions are kept at museums in

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Elbeuf Elbeuf () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. The c ...

and Rouen.

Selected writings

* ''Les Insectes phosphorescents: notes complémentaires et bibliographie générale (anatomie physiologie et biologie): avec quatre planches chromolithographiées'' (Phosphorescent insects: general notes and bibliography (

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

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 ...

and

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

) with four chromolithographic boards), 1881. * ''Mélanges entomologiques'', (Entomological melanges), 1883-1936. * ''Les Animaux et les Végétaux lumineux'', 1890. * ''Les Vieux Arbres de la Normandie; étude botanico-historique'' (Ancient trees of

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

; botanico-historical study), 1890-. * ''L'Évolution du chien dans les sociétés humaines'' (The evolution of the dog in human society), Société d'éditions scientifiques, Paris, 1900. * ''Voyage zoologique d'Henri Gadeau de Kerville en Asie-Mineure'', (Zoological voyages of Henri Gadeau de Kerville in

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), 1900-. * ''Resultat des fouilles effectuées dans un abri sous roche, à Bonnières (Seine-et-Oise) et découverte d'une sépulture néolithique dans l'abri de la Roche-Galerne, à Jeufosse (Seine-et-Oise)'', (Result of excavations in a rock shelter at Bonnières (

Seine-et-Oise Seine-et-Oise () was the former department of France encompassing the western, northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.Neolithic The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...

grave in the shelter of the Roche-Galerne at Jeufosse (Seine-et-Oise), 1911. * ''Considérations et recherches expérimentales sur la direction des racines et des tiges'', (Considerations and experimental research involving the direction of roots and stems), 1917. * ''Notes sur les fougères'', (Notes on

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s), 1922. * ''Crustacés copépodes récoltés par M. Henri Gadeau de Kerville pendant son voyage zoologique en Syrie (avril-juin 1908)'', (

Copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...

crustaceans collected by Henri Gadeau de Kerville during his trip to

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

in April/June 1908), 1926.
France Savante, Prosopo, (list of publications) * ''Distractions littéraires d'un biologiste'' (Literary distractions of a biologist), Librairie Universitaire J. Gamber, Paris, 1933.

References

1858 births 1940 deaths Scientists from Rouen French entomologists Lycée Pierre-Corneille alumni 19th-century French botanists 19th-century French zoologists 20th-century French botanists 20th-century French zoologists {{entomologist-stub