Félicien Chapuis

Félicien Chapuis ( born April 29, 1824 in Verviers, † September 30, 1879 in Heusy at Verviers ) was a Belgian physician and entomologist.

Life

Chapuis was the son of a doctor. After high school he went to Bonn to learn German. Chapuis was interested as a teenager to natural history and biology. He studied medicine at the University of Liège, where he made friends with the also interested in entomology Ernest Candèze, the doctor was also. Both were interested in beetles and were encouraged by their Zoology Professor Jean Théodore Lacordaire to academic work (specifically, a study on beetle larvae). After his studies he worked from 1852 to hospitals in Paris and settled thereafter as a physician in his native town down. Chapuis was next to his profession as a doctor, a well-known entomologist. He received his doctorate in both natural sciences (1848 ) as well as in medicine. He completed the monumental work Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera of coleopteres about beetles of Théodore Lacordaire ( parts 10-12, 1874-1876 ) after his death.

He was also interested in botany ( also published but nothing ) and wrote a book about the orientation of pigeons.

In 1858 he became a corresponding and 1865 a full member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences. In 1872, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold.

Writings

Besides the already mentioned books:

• " Monograph of the platypides " Mémoires de la Société des Sciences de Liège, Volume 20, 1866 ( Platypodidae, heartwood beetles)
• " Synopsis of Scolytides " Mémoires de la Société des Sciences de Liège, Volume 22, 1869 ( bark beetles )