Hippolyte Louis Gory (27 September 1800 – 26 April 1852) was a French

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

Life

Hippolyte Louis Gory was born in Paris, 5th

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the 27 (or the 28) September 1800 (the exact date is 5 vendémiaire an IX in the republican calendar). He was married to Sophie Marie Sotom at Paris 30 March 1826. He died 26 April 1852 at Paris, 11ème

Works

Horn & SchenklingHorn (W.) & Schenkling (S.), 1928. Index Litteraturea Entomologicae, pp. 441-44
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/ref> give a list of 63 entomological works One of his main works was the ''Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères'' (1837–1841), volumes 2-4; Castelnau writing the first volume only. This has become one of the rarest entomological books. Another well-known magistral work is the ''Monographie des Cétoines et genres voisins'', published with

Achille Rémy Percheron Achille Rémy Percheron (25 January 1797 Paris – 1869) was a French entomologist. He listed, in ''Bibliographie entomologique'' more than 5 000 authors and 500 anonymous contributions. Works *With Hippolyte Louis Gory Hippolyte Louis Gory (2 ...

References and external links

*Gordh, G. (2001). ''A Dictionary of Entomology.'' Wallingford, United Kingdom: CABI publishing.

External links

* French entomologists 1800 births 1852 deaths Coleopterists {{entomologist-stub