Victor Besaucèle (23 March 1847 – 17 March 1924) was a French

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

. Victor Besaucèle assembled a large collection of birds including French (mainly), European and exotic species. They are now held in the

Museum de Toulouse A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers ...

. With 5,000 extant specimens it is one of the most important historic collections in Europe.

References

*Louis Ariste, Louis and Louis Braud (1898). ''Histoire Populaire de Toulouse'' Toulouse Bureaux du Midi républicai
Inventory of major European bird collections
French ornithologists 1847 births 1924 deaths {{Ornithologist-stub