Ernest Charles Auguste Candèze was a Belgian doctor and

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 was born 22 February 1827 at

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and died in Glain, 30 June 1898. He studied in Liège under Jean Theodore Lacordaire (1801–1870), then studied

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and Liège. Following Lacordaire's advice he joined the circle of entomologists in Liège which included his longtime friend

Félicien Chapuis Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgium, Belgian Physician, doctor and entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera and finished the text of ''Genera des coléoptères'' by Jean Théodore Lacordaire, Théodore Lacordai ...

(1824–1879) as well as

Edmond de Sélys Longchamps Baron Michel Edmond de Selys Longchamps (25 May 1813 – 11 December 1900) was a Belgium, Belgian Liberal Party (Belgium), Liberal Party politician and scientist. Selys Longchamps has been regarded as the founding figure of odonatology, the stud ...

(1813–1900) and the English entomologist Robert McLachlan (1837–1904). He took part in the foundation of the Belgian Entomological Society. Lacordaire encouraged him to specialize in

Elateridae Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, sp ...

on which he published revisions of which the very rare ''Monographie of Elateridae'' (four volumes, Liège, 1857–1863) is important. He was a friend of the French editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814–1886) who pressed him to write scientific novels in order to popularize entomology to a larger audience: ''Aventures d'un grillon'', Adventures of a cricket (Paris, 1877), ''La Gileppe, les infortunes d'une population d'insectes'', Gileppe, misfortunes of a population of insects (Paris, 1879), which had a certain success, and ''Périnette, histoire surprenante de cinq moineaux''... Périnette, surprising history of five sparrows... (Paris, 1886). Also impassioned by

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, he developed a foldable camera which was a great success in Europe (and which was accompanied by his book Le Scénographe, appareil photographique de poche..., Paris, 1875)

References

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External links

BHL
''Monographie of Elateridae''
L'Historique de l'Association Belge de Photographie et de Cinematographie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Candeze, Ernest 1827 births 1898 deaths Scientists from Liège Belgian entomologists Physicians from Liège Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium