Marie-Aimée Lullin
Marie-Aimée Lullin | |
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| Born | 5 April 1751 |
| Died | 25 January 1822 |
| Occupation(s) | Reader, secretary and observer |
| Spouse | François Huber (1750-1831) |
| Children | Pierre Huber (1777-1840), Marie Anne Huber (1779-1871), Jean Huber (1785-1839) |
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Marie-Aimée Lullin (5 April 1751 – 25 January 1822) was the transcriber and observer for her husband, a highly regarded entomologist who became blind at an early age.
She was the daughter of Pierre Lullin (1712-1789), who served as syndic of Geneva, and Sarah Rilliet (1723-1751).
She married François Huber (1750-1831), the famous blind entomologist,[1][2] on 28 April 1776 in Geneva, Republic of Geneva after having to wait seven years to do so. Lullin had become friends with Huber at 17 when they were dance partners,[3] but Marie's father would not allow her to marry, at so young an age, a man with failing eyesight.[2] Instead of abandoning Huber, she decided to wait until she had attained the age of 25, when she was legally allowed choose a husband despite the disapproval of her father.[1][2][3] They had three children together:[1]
- Pierre Huber (1777-1840)[4][3][5]
- Marie Anne Huber (1779-1871)[3] who married Samuel de Molin
- Jean Huber (1785-1839)
Marie became her husband's "reader, secretary and observer."[2][3] Together with their son Pierre and a servant, François Burnens, she helped Huber carry out his experiments that laid the foundations of scientific knowledge with regard to the life and biology of the honey bee.[2][3]
In 1991, a Venus crater was named after Marie Lullin. It is located 23.1 N and 81.0 E, and it measures 24 kilometres (15 mi).[6][7]
References
- ^ a b c Lullin family tree by Lionel Rossellat - "Marie Aimée Lullin". Geneanet. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e American Bee Journal. Dadant & Sons. 1861. p. 214.
- ^ a b c d e f Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 1833.
- ^ Dictionnaire biographique des Genevois et des Vaudois - Lausanne 1877- Volume I - page 425 - https://books.google.com/books?id=ED0vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA425
- ^ "François Huber", Wikipédia (in French), 2019-09-13, retrieved 2019-11-19
- ^ Cattermole, Peter; Moore, Patrick. Atlas of Venus.
- ^ "Venus Crater Database, $name". www.lpi.usra.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-19.