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Pierre-André Latreille
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Born November 29, 1762 • Brive-la-Gaillarde • France • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died February 6, 1833 (aged 70) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des crustacés et insectes” • “Précis des caractères génériques des insectes disposés dans un ordre naturel”
Subjects Of Study crustacean • insect • taxonomy

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Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
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Georges Cuvier
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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Félix Dujardin
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René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
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German physiologist
Willi Hennig
German zoologist
Alexander Agassiz
Alexander Agassiz
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Leland Ossian Howard
American entomologist
William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist
Charles Valentine Riley
American entomologist
William Brooks
William Keith Brooks
American zoologist
Say, Thomas
Thomas Say
American naturalist
Charles Atwood Kofoid
American zoologist
John Henry Comstock
American entomologist
Charles De Geer
Swedish entomologist
Elliott Coues
American ornithologist
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist

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