Jean-Baptiste Godart (25 November 1775 – 27 July 1825) 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 ...

. Born at

Origny Origny () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Côte-d'Or department The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France. The communes cooperate ...

, Godart became impassioned by butterflies in his youth. He was charged by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom ...

(1762-1833) with writing the article on these insects in the ''

Encyclopédie Méthodique The ''Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières'' ("Methodical Encyclopedia by Order of Subject Matter") was published between 1782 and 1832 by the French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke, his son-in-law Henri Agasse, and the latter's ...

''. Godart then undertook his ''Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France'' publication starting in 1821 and not completed until 1842. In addition to the fauna of France, it also covered exotic diurnal species.

Sources

IJean Lhoste (1987), ''Les Entomologiste français'', 1750–1950, INRA-OPIE.

External links

Works by Jean-Baptiste Godart at BHL
{{DEFAULTSORT:Godart, Jean-Baptiste 1775 births 1825 deaths French lepidopterists People from Côte-d'Or 18th-century French zoologists 19th-century French zoologists