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LATREILLE, PIERRE ANDRE (1762–1833)

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LATREILLE, PIERRE ANDRE (1762–1833)

LATREILLE, See also:
PIERRE
PIERRE See also:
ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)
ANDRE (1762–1833) , See also:

French naturalist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in humble circumstances at Brives-la-Gaillarde (See also:

CORREZE

Correze), on the loth of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1762. In 1778 he entered the See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college Lemoine at See also:

Paris, and on his See also:

ADMISSION

admission to priestly orders in 1786 he retired to Brives, where he devoted all the leisure which the See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of his professional duties allowed to the study of See also:

ENTOMOLOGY (Gr. iv-roµa, insects, and Xiryos, a discourse)

entomology. In 1788 he returned to Paris and found means of making himself known to the leading naturalists there. His " Memoire sur See also:

les mutilles decouvertes en See also:

France," contributed to the Proceedings of the Society of Natural See also:

HISTORY

History in Paris, procured for him admission to that See also:

BODY

body. At the Re-volution he was compelled to quit Paris, and as a See also:

PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of conservative sympathies suffered considerable hardship, being imprisoned for some See also:

time at See also:

BORDEAUX

Bordeaux. His Precis See also:

des caracteres generiques des insectes, disposes clans un ordre naturel, appeared at Brives in 1796. In 1798 he became a corresponding member of the See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, and at the same time was entrusted with the task of arranging the entomological collection at the recently organized Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Jardin des Plantes); in 1814 he succeeded G. A. See also:

OLIVIER, JUSTE DANIEL (1807-1876)

Olivier as member of the See also:

ACADEMIC

Academic des Sciences, and in 1821 he was made a See also:

chevalier of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour. For some time he acted as See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology in the veterinary school at Alfort near Paris, and in 183o, when the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of zoology of invertebrates at the Museum was divided after the See also:

DEATH

death of See also:

LAMARCK,

Lamarck, Latreille was appointed professor of zoology of crustaceans, arachnids and See also:

INSECTS

insects, the chair of molluscs, See also:

WORMS

worms and zoophytes being assigned to H. M. D. de See also:

Blainville.

" On me See also:

DONNE, JOHN (1573–1631)

donne du See also:

pain quand je n'ai plus de dents," said Tatreille, who was then in his sixty-eighth See also:

YEAR

year. He died in Paris on the 6th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1833. In addition to the See also:

WORKS

works already mentioned, the numerous works of Latreille include: Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des crustaces el insectes (14 vols., 18oa-1805), forming See also:

PART

part of C. N. S. Sonnini's edition of See also:

BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE (1707-1788)

Buffon; Genera crustaceorum et insectorum, secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita (4 vols., 18o6–1807) ; Considerations generales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crnstaces, des arachnides, et des insectes (181 o); Families naturelles du regne See also:

animal, exposees succinctement et dans un ordre analytique (1825); Cours d'entomologie (of which only the first See also:

VOLUME

volume appeared, 1831); the whole of the See also:

section Crustaces, Arachnides, Insectes," in G. See also:

CUVIER, GEORGES LEOPOLD CHRETIEN FREDERIC DAGOBERT, BARON (1769-1832)

Cuvier's Regne animal; besides many papers in the Annales du Museum, the Encyclopedie methodique, the Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle and elsewhere. LA TREMOILLE, an old French See also:

FAMILY

family which derives its name from a See also:

VILLAGE

village (the See also:

MODERN

modern La Trimouille) in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

Vienne. The family has been known since the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 11th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and since the 14th century its members have been conspicuous in French history. See also:

GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy, sire de la Tremoille, See also:

standard-See also:

BEARER

bearer of France, was taken prisoner at the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

NICOPOLIS, or ACTIA NICOPOLIS

Nicopolis (1396), and Georges, the favourite of See also:

King See also:

Charles VII., was captured at See also:

AGINCOURT (AZINCOURT)

Agincourt (1415). See also:

Louis (2), called the chevalier sans reproche, defeated and captured the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

Orleans at the battle of See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints'See also:

AUBIN

Aubin-du-Cormier (1488), distinguished himself in the See also:

WARS

wars in See also:

Italy, and was killed at See also:

PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia (1525). In 1521 See also:

FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois (2) acquired a claim on the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

Naples by his See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

Anne de See also:

Laval, daughter of See also:

CHARLOTTE

Charlotte of See also:

ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon.

Louis (3) became duke of See also:

THOUARS

Thouars in 1563, and his son See also:

CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude turned See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant, was created a peer of France in 1595, and married a daughter of See also:

William the Silent in 1598. To this family belonged the lines of the See also:

COUNTS

counts of See also:

JOIGNY

Joigny, the marquises of See also:

ROYAN

Royan and counts of Olonne, and the marquises and See also:

dukes of See also:

NOIRMOUTIER

Noirmoutier.

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