Charles Joseph Gravier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French zoologist
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Place of Birth: Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Charles Joseph Gravier
- Charles Joseph Gravier (4 March 1865, in Orléans – 15 November 1937, in Paris) was a French zoologist. He initially taught classes at École normale (1883–85) in Orléans and at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, afterwards becoming a professor of natural history at the École normale (1887) in Grenoble.
- In 1893 he obtained his aggregation of natural sciences and in 1896 his PhD in sciences.
- Later he became first assistant to Edmond Perrier (1844–1921) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, where from 1903 he served as an assistant to Louis Joubin (1861–1935).
- In 1917 he attained the chair of zoology (worms and crustaceans) at the museum. Gravier is known for his research of Anthozoa (class containing sea anemones and corals).
- The genera Gravieria, Gravierella and Gravieropsammia are named after him, as are numerous marine species, including the Red Sea mimic blenny (Ecsenius gravieri).In 1923 he was made a chevalier of the LĂ©gion d'honneur and commander on 6 August 1937.
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