Pierre Fauvel, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pierre Fauvel

French zoologist (1866-1958)

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1866

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1958

Profession: zoologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Pierre Fauvel

  • Pierre Louis André Fauvel (8 October 1866, in Cherbourg – 12 September 1958, in Angers) was a French zoologist, who specialized in the study of polychaetes. He worked as a préparateur of zoology at the faculty of sciences in Caen, and in 1897 received his doctorate at the Sorbonne with a thesis on Ampharetidae.
  • During the same year, he became a professor of zoology at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest in Angers, where he remained until his retirement in 1951.The polychaete family Fauveliopsidae bears his name, as does the genera Fauveliopsis.
  • Along with his many writings on Polychaeta, he was also the author of publications in the fields of physiology and dietetics.

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