Paul Henri Fischer (also spelled Paul-Henri Fischer), (7 July 1835

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– 29 November 1893) was a French

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and

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. He is generally known as Paul Fischer.

Biography

He studied science and medicine, securing doctorates in both, and became assistant in paleontology at the

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in Paris. He was made assistant naturalist there in 1872. Beginning in 1856, he was joint editor, with A. C. Bernardi to start with, of the ''Journal de Conchyliologie''. He served several terms as president of the

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and the Société Zoologique de France. In 1880, he was a member of the commission for submarine dredging.

Bibliography

*''Faune conchyliologique marine du departement de la Gironde et des côtes du sud-ouest de la France'' (1865; enlarged by a ''Supplément'' in 1875) *''Catalogue des nudibranches et céphalopodes des côtes océaniques de la France'' (1867-1875) *''Recherches sur les Actinies des côtes océaniques de France'' (1876)
L.C. Kiener & Paul Fischer, Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris : la collection Lamarck, celle du prince Masséna (appartenant maintenant a M.B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs; Paris :J.B. Baillière,1873-80
*''Une nouvelle classification des bivalves'' (1885) * Fischer P., Œhlert D.P. & Woodward S. P. (1880-1887)
''Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un appendice sur les brachiopodes''
Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures et 1138 gravures dans le texte. pp. I-XXIV, pp. 1–1369, Plates I-XXIII, 1 map. Paris. *''Paléontologie de l'ile de Rhodes'' (1887) *“Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles,” in ''Mission scientifique en Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale'' (1893-1894)

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* French paleontologists French zoologists 1835 births 1893 deaths Scientists from Paris Presidents of Société géologique de France National Museum of Natural History (France) people {{France-zoologist-stub