About Émile Deyrolle
Lived 1838 – 1917 (aged 78–79). Émile Deyrolle was a French botanist, entomologist, merchant and publisher.
Émile Deyrolle (1838–1917) was a French naturalist and natural history dealer in Paris.
The business was originally owned by his naturalist grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle who opened his shop in 1831 at 23, Rue de la Monnaie. Émile’s father Achille Deyrolle ran the business for many years. Émile took over in 1866. The address from 1881 (and now) was (and is) 46, Rue du Bac, the former home of Jacques Samuel Bernhart. Deyrolle specialized in natural history publications and specimens taxidermy, minerals, rocks, fossils, botanical specimens, shells, taxidermy, microscopic specimens and microscopes.
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French botanist (1838-1917)
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Émile Deyrolle was born in 1838 in Paris.
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Émile Deyrolle died in 1917 in Paris.
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Émile Deyrolle was a botanist, entomologist, merchant and publisher.
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Émile Deyrolle was French.
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