About Ernest Menault
Lived 1830 – 1903 (aged 73). Ernest Menault was a French writer, zoologist and entomologist.
Ernest Menault (1830, Angerville -1903) was a French author and zoologist.
Menault wrote, principally Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à la Viticulture, L’intelligence des animaux (The Intelligence of Animals) and L’amour maternel chez les animaux. A review in the Nature journal for his book The Intelligence of Animals, noted that "we have not been led to form a very high opinion of his physiology or of his general philosophy; but he has compiled a most entertaining volume, crammed with most amusing stories about all kinds of animals, from ants to ourang-outangs."
Selected publications
Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à la Viticulture (1866) The Intelligence of Animals (1872)
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Who was Ernest Menault?
French entomologist (1830-1903)
When was Ernest Menault born?
Ernest Menault was born on 11 July 1830 in Angerville.
When did Ernest Menault die?
Ernest Menault died on 21 July 1903 in Angerville.
What was Ernest Menault's occupation?
Ernest Menault was a writer, zoologist and entomologist.
What nationality was Ernest Menault?
Ernest Menault was French.
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