Gaspard Auguste Brullé (7 April, 1809 – 21 January, 1873) was a French
entomologist
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.
Passionate about insects from a young age and through the intervention of
Georges Cuvier
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, he participated in the
Morea expedition organised by
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1829.
In 1832, he participated in the foundation of the
Société entomologique de France. The following year he became an aide-naturaliste (assistant naturalist) to
Jean Victoire Audouin in charge of
Crustacea,
Arachnida and insects.
Brullé studied for and obtained a
baccalauréat in sciences then in "lettres", before qualifying in 1839 as a Doctor of Natural Science. His thesis, published in 1837, was ''Sur le gisement des insectes fossiles et sur les services que l'étude de ces animaux peut fournir à la géologie''. He became the Professor of
Zoology
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and
Comparative Anatomy
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The science began in the classical era, continuing in t ...
at the
University of Dijon.
He proposed a new
classification
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of
Neuroptera
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which was completed by
Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson. He also wrote the introduction, parts of the text of ''Histoire naturelle des insectes coléoptères'' (published in 1840) with
Francis de Laporte de Castelnau
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and parts of ''Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères'' with
Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau
Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (9 October 1770 – 23 August 1845), also spelled Lepeletier or Lepelletier, was a French people, French Entomology, entomologist, and specialist in the Hymenoptera.
In 1833, he served as ...
.
Étienne Mulsant
Martial Étienne Mulsant (2 March 1797, Marnand, Rhône – 4 November 1880) was a French entomologist and ornithologist.
Biography
Initially employed in commerce, Mulsant wrote ''Lettres à Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description mét ...
named the
ladybird beetle species ''
Scymnus brullei'' in his honor
See also
*
European and American voyages of scientific exploration
*
:Taxa named by Gaspard Auguste Brullé
References
* Gouillard J. (2004). ''Histoire des entomologistes français, 1750–1950''. Édition entièrement revue et augmentée. Boubée (Paris), 287 pp.
* Jaussaud P. & Brygoo E.R. (2004). ''Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies''. Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris, 630 pp.
* Lhoste J. (1987). ''Les Entomologistes français. 1750–1950''. INRA Éditions, 351 pp.
* Mulsant, M.E. (1850)
''Species des coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes.'' Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Lyon 2:984
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1809 births
1873 deaths
French entomologists
University of Burgundy alumni