Charles Joseph Gravier

Charles Joseph Gravier (4 March 1865, in Orléans – 15 November 1937, in Paris) was a French zoologist.

He initially taught classes at (1883–85) in Orléans and at the , afterwards becoming a professor of natural history at the (1887) in Grenoble. In 1893 he obtained his aggregation of natural sciences and in 1896 his PhD in sciences. Later he became first assistant to Edmond Perrier (1844–1921) at the in Paris, where from 1903 he served as an assistant to Louis Joubin (1861–1935). In 1917 he attained the chair of zoology (worms and crustaceans) at the museum.

Gravier is known for his research of Anthozoa (class containing sea anemones and corals). The genera Gravieria, Gravierella and Gravieropsammia are named after him, as are numerous marine species, including the Red Sea mimic blenny (Ecsenius gravieri).

In 1923 he was made a chevalier of the and commander on 6 August 1937.

Partial list of written works , (1906) – annelid polychaetes. , (1913) , (1914) – On Alcyonaria , (1920) – Actiniaria larvae from the scientific campaigns of S.A.S. Prince Albert I of Monaco. , (1920) – Madreporaria from the campaigns of the yachts Princesse-Alice and Hirondelle II (1893–1913). , (1921) – Antipatharia from the campaigns of the yachts Princesse-Alice and Hirondelle II (1893–1913). , (1922) – Hexactinellid sponges from the campaigns of the yachts Princesse-Alice and Hirondelle II (1893–1913). Works by Gravier that have been translated into English: "Some madreporarian corals from French Somaliland, East Africa, collected by Dr. Charles Gravier" by Thomas Wayland Vaughan, (1907).