Édouard Lefèvre (22 January 183917 June 1894) was a French

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and later

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

. He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1869, and twice served as president of the society in 1884 and 1893. He was a civil servant.

References

* *Constantin, R. 1992: ''Memorial des Coléopteristes Français''. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14) *Lhoste, J. 1987: ''Les entomologistes français. 1750 - 1950''. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris : 1-355 78-79 *Musgrave, A. 1932: ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775 - 1930''. Sydney 19th-century French botanists French entomologists Coleopterists 1839 births People from Chartres 1894 deaths Presidents of the Société entomologique de France {{entomologist-stub