Antoine-Fortuné Marion (10 October 1846 – 22 January 1900) was a French

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with interests in

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zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

, and

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. He was also a competent amateur painter. A school friend of

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century a ...

's in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

, Marion went on to become professor and director of the Natural History Museum in Marseille. Cézanne painted his portrait in 1866–1867 at the Bastide du Jas de Bouffan. He received his higher education in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, earning his arts and letters degree in 1866 and his degree in sciences in 1868. In 1878 he opened a marine laboratory with financial assistance provided by the city of Marseille, which led in 1882 to the building of the Marine Station of Endoume. In 1880 he became director of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Marseille. He was a good friend of Gaston de Saporta, with whom he collaborated on works in the field of

. As a zoologist, his research included studies of segmented marine worms, free-living

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s of the

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nemertean Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. ...

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zoantharia Zoanthids (order Zoantharia, also called Zoanthidea or Zoanthiniaria) are an order of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs, the deep sea and many other marine environments around the world. These animals come in a variety of different coloniz ...

ns, alcyonarians, parasites that affected

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s and investigations of the class Enteropneusta. As a result of his work in the fight against

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(an

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-like pest), he was given awards by the French and foreign governments. He was a founder of the publication "''Annales du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Marseille''". His painting ''The Village Church'' now belongs to the

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Bibliography

* ''Premières observations sur l’ancienneté de l’homme dans les Bouches-du-Rhône'', Remondet-Aubin, Aix, 1867, in-8° * ''Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur des nématoïdes non parasites marins'', Savy, 1873, in-8° * ''Description des plantes fossiles des calcaires marneux de Ronzon'', Haute-Loire, ibid. 1873 * ''Essai sur l'état de la végétation à l'époque des marnes heersiennes de Gelinden'', Bruxelles, Académie royale (impr.par Hayez), 94 ''in'' Mémoires couronnés et mémoires des savants étrangers, Académie Royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique " Tome XXXVII (37), 1873, with Gaston de Saporta. * ''L’Évolution du règne végétal : les Phanérogames'', with Gaston de Saporta, Alcan, 1885 * ''La Station zoologique d’Endoume'', Ollendorff, 1897

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Bibliography of Antoine Fortuné Marion. 1846 births 1900 deaths 19th-century French botanists French naturalists 19th-century French zoologists People from Aix-en-Provence Scientists from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{France-scientist-stub