Louis Dufresne
Louis Dufresne (18 January 1752, Champien, near Peronne – 11 October 1832) was a French ornithologist and taxidermist.
Louis Dufresne was one of the
Six years later in 1793, Dufresne became a taxidermist and
Dufresne also maintained a private collection which by 1818 consisted of 1,600 bird specimens (on wooden supports and with both with Latin and French names), 800 world eggs, 4,000 shells, fossils, amphibians, corals and 12,000 insects. This collection purchased for the University of Edinburgh in 1819. In 1854 the University transferred the Natural History Museum into the government ownership to form a publicly-funded national
In 1829 Dufresne was awarded the Legion of Honour. He died of lung disease.
References
- ^ Wilson, G. (1858). Directory of the Industrial Museum of Scotland. London: Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education.