Joseph Philippe de Clairville (1742 – 31 July 1830) was a notable
French botanist and
entomologist, who was mainly active in
Switzerland. De Clairville’s collection of
Coleoptera, his chief interest, is in the Natural History Museum in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
. He was also interested in
Diptera and
Odonata
Odonata is an order of flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic, though members of their total group, Odonatoptera, first appeared in Late Carboniferous.
The two com ...
.
After his stay in
Nyon
Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...
and
Bex in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, he moved to
Winterthur
, neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell
, twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...
in 1782, where he lived the most time until his death in 1830.
De Clairville wrote ''Helvetische Entomologie'' published in
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
in 1798, wrote ''Manuel d'herborisation en Suisse et en Valais'' published in 1811, and translated ''Naturgeschichte der Hof- und Stubenvögel'' by
Johann Matthäus Bechstein into French under the titles ''Manuel de l'amateur des oiseaux de volière'' (1825).
Sources
*Duméril, C. A. M. C. 1823:
iographien- Paris; Strasbourg, F. G. Levrault 262
*Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: ''Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930).'' Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). - Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427-871
*Geilinger 1935:
lairville, J. P. de- ''Mitt. naturw. Ges. Winterthur'' 19
*Kiauta, B. 1978:
lairville, J. P. de- ''Odonatologica'' 7(3)
*''Mitlheilungen der Nanturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Winterthur'', 19, 1932, p. 255-291.
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19th-century Swiss botanists
Swiss entomologists
Coleopterists
1742 births
1830 deaths
20th-century Swiss botanists