Paul Gervais | |
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 Paul Gervais | |
| Born | (1816-09-26)26 September 1816 Paris |
| Died | 10 February 1879(1879-02-10) (aged 62) Paris |
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| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Gervais |
Paul Gervais (full name:François Louis Paul Gervais) (26 September 1816 – 10 February 1879) was a Frenchpalaeontologist andentomologist.
Gervais was born in Paris, where he obtained the diplomas of doctor of science and of medicine, and in 1835 he began palaeontological research as assistant in the laboratory of comparative anatomy at theMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle. In 1841 he obtained the chair ofzoology andcomparative anatomy at the Faculty of Sciences inMontpellier, of which he was in 1856 appointed dean. In 1848–1852 appeared his important workZoologie et paléontologie françaises, supplementary to the palaeontological publications ofGeorges Cuvier andHenri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville; of this a second and greatly improved edition was issued in 1859. In 1865 he accepted the professorship of zoology at theSorbonne, vacant through the death ofLouis Pierre Gratiolet; this post he left in 1868 for the chair of comparative anatomy at the Paris museum of natural history, the anatomical collections of which were greatly enriched by his exertions. He died in Paris on 10 February 1879.[1]
According toFlorentino Ameghino, Paul Gervais studied a fossil collection obtained fromJuan Manuel de Rosas the governor of Buenos Aires. Earlier on, this collection would have been donated or donated-by-force to the Buenos Aires Province byFrancisco Javier Muñiz.[2]
Gervais is commemorated in the vernacular and scientific names of the following taxa:
Apart from the works mentioned previously he also wrote:[1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gervais, Paul".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 907.