About Étienne Louis Geoffroy
Lived 1725 – 1810 (aged 84). Étienne Louis Geoffroy was a French entomologist, pharmacist, anatomist and physician.
Étienne Louis Geoffroy (October 12, 1725 – August 12, 1810) was a French entomologist and pharmacist. He was born in Paris and died in Soissons. He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl von Linné and devoted himself mainly to beetles.
Geoffroy was the author of Histoire abrégée des Insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Paris : Durand Vol. 1 8 + 523 pp. 10 pls (1762) and co-author with Antoine François of Entomologia Parisiensis, sive, Catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur ... (1785).
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French entomologist (1725–1810)
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Étienne Louis Geoffroy was born on 12 October 1725 in Paris.
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Étienne Louis Geoffroy died on 12 August 1810 in Chéry-Chartreuve.
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Étienne Louis Geoffroy was an entomologist, pharmacist, anatomist and physician.
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Étienne Louis Geoffroy was French.
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