Armand David
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The Reverend Armand David | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
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| Ordination | 1851 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean-Pierre-Armand David 7 September 1826 Espelette, France |
| Died | 10 November 1900 (aged 74) Paris, France |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Occupation | Biologist |
| Other names | Père David |
| Known for | Documenting species of Chinese flora and fauna exotic to Europe |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, zoology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | David |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | David |
Armand David, CM (7 September 1826,
Several species, such as Père David's deer, are named after him — Père David being French for Father David.
Biography
Born in
At the request of the
The most notable of the animals 'found' by David, which were hitherto unknown to Europeans, were the giant panda in Baoxing County and Père David's deer. The latter had disappeared with the exception of a few preserved in the gardens of the emperor of China, but David succeeded in securing a specimen and sent it to Europe. David also sent back the first emerald ash borer specimen.[3] In the midst of his work as a naturalist Father David did not neglect his missionary labours, and was noted for his careful devotion to his religious duties and for his obedience to every detail of his order's rules.
Eponymy
The plants
Père David's Rat Snake (Elaphe davidi) was named in his honor by Henri Émile Sauvage in 1884.[7]
See also
- Catholic Church in Sichuan
- Catholic Church in China
- Jesuit China missions
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
Catholic missionaries in China
- Michel Benoist
- Giuseppe Castiglione
- Armand David
- Matteo Ricci
- Johann Adam Schall von Bell
- Ferdinand Verbiest
- St. Francis Xavier
Eponymous taxa
- Père David's tit
- Père David's deer
- Davidia involucrata
- Père David's snowfinch
- Père David's mole
- Père David's owl
- Père David's vole
- Père David's rock squirrel
- Père David's laughingthrush
- Andrias davidianus
- Clematis armandii
- Buddleia davidii
- Viburnum davidii
- Acer davidii
References
- ^ a b "Armand David (1826-1900)". data.bnf.fr (in French). Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France. 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Miller, Matthew. "Battle of the Ash Borer: Decades after Beetles Arrived in Michigan, Researchers Looking to Slow Devastation". Lansing State Journal. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. David.
- ^ Dark, Ben (4 April 2022). "Urban Perennial". The Big Issue. p. 39.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Père David", p. 203).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Walsh, James J. (1913). "Armand David". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
- Père Jean Pierre Armand David CM, a biography by Bernard Scott
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