Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze (12 April 1753, in

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– 29 October 1835, in Paris) was an 18th–19th-century French naturalist.

Biography

J. P. F. Deleuze studied in Paris and became assistant naturalist at the

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in 1795. He collaborated with

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and suggested the

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study it. Joseph Philippe François Deleuze was a resident member of the

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. In 1817, Deleuze was elected a member of the

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Honours

The

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was dedicated to Deleuze by Swiss botanist

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Selected list of publications

* 1804: ''Notice historique sur

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'', Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, tome 3, An XII. * 1807: ''Éloge historique de François Péron'', included in the ''Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes, exécuté sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste et la goëlette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804'', 3 volumes (1807-1816), Impr. impériale (Paris). * 1813: ''Histoire critique du magnétisme animal'', deux volumes, in-8°, reprinted in 1819, Mame (Paris). * 1819: ''Introduction pratique sur le magnétisme animal, suivie d'une lettre écrite à l'auteur par un médecin étranger'', reprinted in 1836. J.-G. Dentu (Paris), in-8°, ii + 472 p. * 1810: ''Eudoxe, entretiens sur l'étude des sciences, des lettres et de la philosophie'', two volumes, in-8°, F. Schoell (Paris). * 1823: ''Histoire et description du Muséum royal d'histoire naturelle'', A. Royer (Paris) : 720 p. * 1826: ''Lettre à MM. les membres de l'Académie de médecine, sur la marche qu'il convient de suivre pour fixer l'opinion publique relativement à la réalité du magnétisme animal'', Béchet Jeune (Paris) : 39 p. ;Translations: * 1799: ''Les Amours des plantes, poème en quatre chants, suivi de notes et de dialogues sur la poésie, ouvrage traduit de l'anglais de Darwin'' (''The Loves of Plants'') by

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(1731-1802). * 1801: ''Les Saisons'' by James Thomson (1700–1748), preceded by a ''Notice sur la vie et les écrits de Thomson'' by the translator.

References

Bibliography

*''Biographie des hommes remarquables des Basses-Alpes ou Dictionnaire historique des tous les personnages de ce département qui se sont signalés par leur génie, leurs talents, leurs travaux, la sainteté de leur vie, leurs vertus, ou leurs actes de bienfaisance, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours'', Repos, Digne, 1850, p. 89-90 *Philippe Jaussaud et Edouard-Raoul Brygoo, ''Du jardin au Muséum : en 516 biographies'', Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, 2004, 630 p. () * Angèle Kremer-Marietti; ''Les Entretiens de Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze'', in ''Épistémologiques, philosophiques, anthropologiques'', L'Harmattan, 2005, p. 201 et suiv. ()

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