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Henri Louis Ernest Jouard (16 May 1896, Santenay, Département Côte-d’Or; – 16 March 1938,
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, Département Alpes-Maritimes) was a French lawyer and
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soldier who was also an ornithologist. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie with its founder Paul Paris and
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, Noël Mayaud, Henri Heim de Balsac, Jacques de Chavigny,
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and
Paul Poty Paul Louis Poty (30 August 1889, Chagny, Saône-et-Loire- 10 February 1962, Louhans ) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Al ...
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Life and work

Jouard went to school at the École alsacienne in
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, and later at the Gymnasium Carnot in
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, studying art and philosophy. He then studied law in Paris from 1914 but was interrupted when the First World War broke out. He was conscripted and from April 1915 he served in the 35th regiment of infantry. He then became a sergeant and moved to the 42nd regiment of infantry. He was wounded at
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in 1916 and after recovery, he was posted at Buffle in 1917 where he escaped narrowly by hiding in a trench. In 1918 he was wounded in the lung during the Battle of the Mill of Laffaux. He infiltrated the German lines and persuaded the German soldiers to give up their resistance. When the 42nd regiment captured the area, he was found seriously injured along with German prisoners. He was awarded the Officier de la
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and the
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in 1932. He left the army and resumed his studies and received his law doctorate. He then practiced as a lawyer with the Dijon Bar Association. Jouard became interested in birds as a child and was influenced by Henri Davriot Albertier of
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, a family friend. He became interested in the birds of the mountain regions and was especially interested in bird songs and calls. He used the term ''Ornithomélographie'' for the study of bird song. He wrote numerous articles on birds and attempted to influence Boy Scouts to take up bird study and protection. He was the first editor of the journal ''Alauda'' started in 1929 by Paul Paris, Jouard and others.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jouard, Henri French ornithologists 1896 births 1938 deaths Officiers of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century French zoologists