Gédéon Auguste Foulquier (8 August 1855 – 1941), was a French

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

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

. He wrote with Charles Oberthür ''Catalogue raisonné des Lepidoptères des

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(principalement des environs de Marseille et d'Aix)''. Premier partie, Rhopalocères. Marseille : Librairie Ruat, 1899. Gédéon Foulquier was born in

Pamiers Pamiers (; ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although it is not t ...

Gard Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;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 ...

.''Marseilles, France Marriages, 1810-1915'' His collection is held by Musée Pyrénéen in

Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a ...

References

*Paulus Marcel, 1944 (janvier). Nécrologie Gédéon Foulquier (1855–1941), ''Bull.Soc. linn. Provence'' 15 (n°1) : 16-19 French lepidopterists 1855 births 1941 deaths 19th-century French zoologists 20th-century French zoologists Date of death missing Scientists from Marseille People from Pamiers {{entomologist-stub