Étienne Mulsant
Étienne Mulsant | |
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Born | Marnand, Rhône, France | 2 March 1797
Died | 4 November 1880 Lyon | (aged 83)
Nationality | French |
Scientific career | |
Fields | entomology, ornithology |
Martial Étienne Mulsant (2 March 1797,
Biography
Initially employed in commerce, Mulsant wrote Lettres à Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description méthodique de la plus grande partie des insectes de France, ornées de planches... ("Letters to Julie on entomology, followed by a methodical description of the greatest part of the insects of France with, decorated plates..."), dedicated to his future wife, Julie Ronchivole.
In 1817, he became mayor of Saint-Jean-la-Bussière, where his parents had property. In 1827 he became, following his father and grandfather, a justice of the peace. He settled in Lyon in 1830 and in 1839, he obtained a post of assistant librarian and then, in 1843, a post of professor of natural history in a college; a post he occupied until 1873.
In 1840, he published Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France, ("Natural History of the
With
A monumental research work was published by Etienne Mulsant, titled Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochilïdes (published in 1874–77). It contained 4 text volumes, with a separate Atlas of colored plates in imperial quarto size (lg.4to) by Lyon-Geneve-Bale. The Atlas is illustrated with 120 exceptional, fine, large hand-colored
The "hummingbird of Mulsant", Acestrura mulsanti (now
See also
- Bucolus fourneti - described by Mulsant in 1850.
References
- ISBN 9780643109919.