About Alphonse Dubois
Lived 1839 – 1920 (aged 80). Alphonse Dubois was a Belgian naturalist, botanist, zoologist, ornithologist and curator.
Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois (18 October 1839 at Aix-la-Chapelle – 1 June 1921 at Coxyde-sur-Mer) was a Belgian naturalist.
He took a doctorate in medicine, and in 1869 became curator of the department of vertebrates at the Royal Museum of Natural History in Brussels.
He worked with his father, Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867), in the production of Les Oiseaux de l’Europe et leurs œufs, completing it after his father’s death. The book was in two volumes, the second consisting of illustrations by Dubois senior.
He produced the two-volume La Faune illustrée des Vertébrés de la Belgique.
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Who was Alphonse Dubois?
Belgian naturalist and ornithologist
When was Alphonse Dubois born?
Alphonse Dubois was born on 18 October 1839 in Aachen.
When did Alphonse Dubois die?
Alphonse Dubois died on 1 June 1920.
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Alphonse Dubois was a naturalist, botanist, zoologist, ornithologist and curator.
What nationality was Alphonse Dubois?
Alphonse Dubois was Belgian.
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