About Jean Theodore Cocteau
Lived 1798 – 1838 (aged 39–40). Jean Theodore Cocteau was a French herpetologist.
Jean-Théodore Cocteau (1798–1838) was a French herpetologist, who was associated with Duméril, Cuvier, and Bibron, and corresponded with other workers in zoology around the world. Cocteau published a volume on skinks, Etudes sur les Scincoïdes, and named a number of new taxa. Cocteau is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of giant skink, Chioninia coctei, which is now extinct.
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Who was Jean Theodore Cocteau?
French herpetologist (1798–1838)
When was Jean Theodore Cocteau born?
Jean Theodore Cocteau was born in 1798 in Paris.
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Jean Theodore Cocteau died in 1838 in Paris.
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Jean Theodore Cocteau was a herpetologist.
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Jean Theodore Cocteau was French.
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