Jean Ferdinand Paul Paris (16 August 1875 – 2 May 1938) was a French naturalist and zoologist who specialised in

ornithology Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

. He was, in 1929, the founder of '' Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' and served as professor of zoology at the

University of Burgundy The University of Burgundy (french: Université de Bourgogne, uB; formerly known as ''Université de Dijon'') is a public university located in Dijon, France. The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus (more than 150 ha) in the east ...

from 1934.

Biography

Paul Paris was born in Chaumont and was educated at the

Université de Bourgogne The University of Burgundy (french: Université de Bourgogne, uB; formerly known as ''Université de Dijon'') is a public university located in Dijon, France. The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus (more than 150 ha) in the east ...

where he graduated in 1901 and worked as a specimen preparator. He studied under the physiologist Clément Léger Nicolas Jobert (1840–1910) but had a nervous breakdown. He did not recover until 1921 when he edited the second volume of the Fauna of France. In 1922 he began to lecture in zoology and succeeded Marie Eugène Edmond Hesse in 1934. In 1929 he founded the journal ''Alauda''. On the editorial committee were

Noël Mayaud Noël Mayaud (25 November 1899, Saumur - 2 May 1989, Saumur) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internationa ...

Henri Heim de Balsac Henri Heim de Balsac (1 January 1899 – 28 November 1979) was a French zoologist. In 1937 Henri Heim de Balsac was awarded the Prix Savigny de l'Académie des sciences. In the following year, 1938, he was awarded the Prix Gadeau de Kerville ...

Jacques de Chavigny Jacques de Chavigny (7 January 1880- 4 May 1963) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology and oology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Alauda, Revue internation ...

Jacques Delamain Jacques Delamain (10 September 1874, Jarnac – 5 February 1953, Saint-Brice, Charente) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ' with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, ...

Henri Jouard Henri Louis Ernest Jouard (16 May 1896, Santenay, Département Côte-d’Or; – 16 March 1938, Vence, Département Alpes-Maritimes) was a French lawyer and World War I soldier who was also an ornithologist. He was, from 1929, on the editorial c ...

Louis Lavauden Louis Lavauden (19 June 1881, in Grenoble – 1 September 1935, in Anjou, Isère) was a French zoologist and forester. He was a student at the Institut agronomique et de l'Ecole forestière in Nancy, afterwards conducting zoological studie ...

and

Paul Poty Paul Louis Poty (30 August 1889, Chagny, Saône-et-Loire- 10 February 1962, Louhans ) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ''Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie'' :fr:Al ...

. He became a curator of the natural history museum in Dijon where he also managed a salmon farm at the Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse. He took an interest in aquatic fauna. A subspecies the coal tit ''Parus ater parisi'' was described by Jouard in 1928 and a subspecies of treecreeper ''Certhia brachydactyla parisi'' also by Jouard in 1929 but these are both treated as a synonyms of their nominate subspecies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paris, Paul French ornithologists 1938 deaths 1875 births University of Burgundy alumni Academic staff of the University of Burgundy