Victor Besaucèle (23 March 1847 – 17 March 1924) was a French

ornithologist 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 ...

. Victor Besaucèle assembled a large collection of birds including French (mainly), European and exotic species. They are now held in the

Museum de Toulouse A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

. With 5,000 extant specimens it is one of the most important historic collections in Europe.

References

*Louis Ariste, Louis and Louis Braud (1898). ''Histoire Populaire de Toulouse'' Toulouse Bureaux du Midi républicai
Inventory of major European bird collections
French ornithologists 1847 births 1924 deaths {{Ornithologist-stub