Émile Blanchard

Charles Émile Blanchard ( born March 7, 1816 1819 or 1820 in Paris, † February 11 or February 12, 1900 ) was a French zoologist and entomologist.

His father was an artist and natural historian, which Blanchard came very early with nature in scientific contact. At the age of 14 years, Victor Audouin him ( 1797-1841 ) granted access to his laboratory at the Muséum national d' histoire naturelle.

From 1844 to 1847 accompanied Henri Milne Edwards ( 1800-1885 ) and Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Breau ( 1810-1892 ) on a marine biology expedition to Italy and Sicily.

On February 10, 1862 Blanchard was a member of the section d' anatomie et zoology of the Académie des sciences, 1883, he was president of the Academie.

Life-history

There are various information on the birth and death dates Blanchard. While many sources of 7 March 1819 and the February 11, 1900 talk, other sources say the date of death with 12 February 1900. In an obituary in the journal Nature, although his death is given as 11 February 1900, however, an age of 84 years it has been certified.

Works

• Histoire naturelle des insectes orthopterous, neuroptères, etc. ( 1840)
• Histoire des insectes (1845 )
• L' organization du règne animal (38 essays, 1851-1864 )
• Zoology agricole (1854-1856) This work is notable because it very accurately represents the pests. The work was illustrated by his father.
• Preuve de la formation récente de la Mediterranee, ( Comptes rendus des Sciences in 1881 )