Charles Pérez (19 May 1873 in

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– 22 September 1952 in

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) was a French

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

best known for his research of

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and

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. His father, Jean Pérez (1833-1914), was a zoology professor at Bordeaux, and his father's sister was married to Belgian

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

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(1863-1945). From 1898 to 1902, he was an ''

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'' of zoology at the

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, obtaining his doctorate of sciences in 1902. Afterwards, he worked as a lecturer to the faculty of sciences in Bordeaux, where in 1904, he was appointed professor of zoology and animal

physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

. In 1909 he returned to Paris, where he eventually became an associate professor at the Sorbonne.Prosopo
Sociétés savantes de France In 1919 he was named adjoint-director of the zoological station at

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, and in 1921 became director of the laboratory at

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. From 1921 onward, he was a professor of zoology at the Sorbonne. He was a member of several learned sciences, including the ''

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'' (1935–52) and the '' Société zoologique de France'' (president 1924).

Selected works

* ''Observations sur l'histolyse et l'histogénèse dans la métamorphose des vespides (Polistes gallica L.)'', 1910 - Observations on histolysis and histogenesis in the metamorphosis of

vespid The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as ''Polistes fuscatus'', ''Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Each ...

s (''

Polistes gallicus ''Polistes gallicus'' is a species of paper wasp found in various parts of Europe, excluding England, Denmark, and Scandinavia, from warmer climates to cooler regions north of the Alps. Nests of these social insects are created in these various c ...

''). * ''Recherches histologiques sur la métamorphose des Muscides (Calliphora erythrocephala Mg.)'', 1910 - Histological research on the metamorphosis of

Muscidae Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...

(''Calliphora erythrocephala''). * ''Les pagures ou Bernards l'ermite (un exemple d'adaptation)'', 1934 - The

hermit crab Hermit crabs are anomuran Decapoda, decapod crustaceans of the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit c ...

(an example of adaptation). Also, he made editions to Réaumur's ''Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes''.Biodiversity Heritage Library
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Charles 1873 births 1952 deaths Scientists from Bordeaux Academic staff of the University of Bordeaux Academic staff of the University of Paris French entomologists French carcinologists