Rémy Perrier (14 June 1861, Tulle – 27 June 1936, Chaunac) was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of zoologist

Edmond Perrier Jean Octave Edmond Perrier (9 May 1844 – 31 July 1921) was a French zoologist born in Tulle. He is known for his studies of invertebrates (annelids and echinoderms). He was the brother of zoologist Rémy Perrier (1861–1936). Career On advice f ...

(1844-1921) who directed the

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from 1900 to 1919 and founded the Friends of the Natural History Museum society in 1907. Rémy Perrier studied natural sciences at the École normale supérieure, afterwards teaching classes in

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. From 1926 to 1931 he was a professor of zoology at the faculty des sciences in Paris. He was a member of the ''Société des lettres, sciences et arts de la Corrèze''. Perrier specialized in research on the Prosobranchia (a subclass of snails). He is also remembered for his study of sea cucumbers, being credited with creation of the

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genus '' Gastrothuria''.

Publications

Beginning in 1923, Perrier released "''La Faune de la France en tableaux synoptiques illustrés''", a work on zoology published in ten installments by Librairie Delagrave. * 1A. ''Coelentérés, spongiaires, échinoderms. Sous-règne des protozoaires'' by Jean Delphy 936 * 1B. ''Vers et némathelminthes'', by Jean Delphy 935 * 2. ''Arachnides et crustacés'', with the collaboration of Lucien Berland and

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* 3. ''Myriapodes, insectes inférieurs''

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* 4. ''Hémiptères, anoploures, mallopages, lépidoptères'' ... 926 * 5. ''Coléoptères'' (part 1)

927 Year 927 (Roman numerals, CMXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May 27 – Simeon I of Bulgaria, Simeon I, emperor (''tsar'') of the Fi ...

* 6. ''Coléoptères'' (part 2) in collaboration with Jean Delphy 932 * 7. ''Hyménoptères'', by Lucien Berland, with the collaboration of

Raymond Benoist Raymond Benoist (10 June 1881, Vendresse – 17 January 1970) was a French botanist and entomologist. He is known for his research involving the plant family Acanthaceae. He studied botany in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1912. Following g ...

, Francis Bernard, Henri Maneval 940 * 8. ''Diptères'', by Eugène Séguy 937 * 9. ''Bryozaires, brachiopodes, mollusques, protocordés (amphioxus, tuniciers)'' with the collaboration of Paul Fischer, et al.

930 Year 930 ( CMXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * 17 June (traditional date) – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is established at ...

* 10. ''Vertébrés, poissons, batraciens, reptiles, oiseaux, mammifères''

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** Other noted works by Perrier include: * ''Recherches sur l'anatomie et l'histologie du rein des gastéropodes prosobranches'', (1889) - Research on the anatomy and histology of the Prosobranchia * ''Cours élémentaire de zoologie'', (1899).IDREF.fr
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References

Nécrologie par Louis de Nussac, Bulletin de la Société des Lettres, Sciences et Arts de la Corrèze, 1937, p. 65-66

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrier, Remy 1936 deaths 1861 births French zoologists French malacologists People from Tulle École Normale Supérieure alumni