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Auguste Drapiez

1778 – 1856

French naturalist

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About Auguste Drapiez

Lived 1778 – 1856 (aged 78). Auguste Drapiez was a French botanist, zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, naturalist and chemist.

Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez (28 August 1778, Lille – 28 December 1856, Brussels) was a Belgian naturalist.

He founded with the French botanist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846) and the Belgian chemist Jean-Baptiste Van Mons (1765–1842) the Annales générales de Sciences physiques consacrées aux Sciences naturelles published in six volumes between 1819 and 1822. His Dictionnaire portatif de chimie, de minéralogie et de géologie, en rapport avec l'état présent de ces sciences, composé par une société de chimistes, de minéralogistes et de géologues was published in 1824 and Résumé d'ornithologie ou d'histoire naturelle des oiseaux in 1829.

He published in 1833 with Pierre Corneille van Geel (1796–1838), Encyclographie du règne végétal. He was also the author of Guide pratique de minéralogie usuelle and Dictionnaire classique des sciences naturelles.

He left his library of 4,000 volumes to the town of Mons.

Drapiez is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of snake, Boiga drapiezii.

He was a founding member of the first Société des douze.

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Who was Auguste Drapiez?

French naturalist (1778-1856)

When was Auguste Drapiez born?

Auguste Drapiez was born on 28 August 1778 in Lille.

When did Auguste Drapiez die?

Auguste Drapiez died on 28 December 1856 in Brussels, Brussels.

What was Auguste Drapiez's occupation?

Auguste Drapiez was a botanist, zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, naturalist and chemist.

What nationality was Auguste Drapiez?

Auguste Drapiez was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Auguste Drapiez

· Wikidata: Q2073082

· DBpedia: Auguste Drapiez

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