| Guillaume Antoine Olivier |
Guillaume Antoine Olivier |
| Born |
(1756-01-19)19 January 1756 |
| Died |
1 October 1814(1814-10-01) |
| Residence |
France |
| Citizenship |
 France |
| Nationality |
French |
| Fields |
|
Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (19 January 1756, Toulon – 1 October 1814, Lyon) was a French entomologist.
He was the author of Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Insectes (1808) and Le Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse (1807). He was a close friend of Johan Christian Fabricius and a patron of Pierre André Latreille.[1]
Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Insectes
He studied medicine in Montpellier, where he became good friends with Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet. With Jean Guillaume Bruguière and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, he collaborated in the creation of Journal d'Histoire Naturelle (1792). Afterwards, he served as a naturalist on a 6-year scientific journey that took him to Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt, Cyprus and Corfu. He returned to France in 1798 with a large collection of natural history specimens from his travels. Later, he was associated with the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, where in 1811, he was appointed professor of zoology.[2]
Today, most of his collection is housed at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[3]
References [edit]
| Persondata |
| Name |
Olivier, Guillaume-Antoine |
| Alternative names |
|
| Short description |
French entomologist |
| Date of birth |
19 January 1756 |
| Place of birth |
Toulon |
| Date of death |
1 October 1814 |
| Place of death |
Lyon |
France
