Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
Guillaume-Antoine Olivier | |
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| Born | 19 January 1756 |
| Died | 1 October 1814 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | French |
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Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (19 January 1756, Toulon – 1 October 1814, Lyon) was a French entomologist.
Life
Olivier 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.[1] Olivier was a close friend of Johan Christian Fabricius and a patron of Pierre André Latreille.[2]
Although primarily an entomologist, Olivieri also worked in the scientific field of herpetology, describing several new species of Asian lizards.[3]
Works
Olivier was the author of Coléoptères Paris Baudouin 1789 -1808 (11 editions),[4] Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Insectes (1808) and Le Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse (1807). He was a contributor to Encyclopédie Méthodique.
Legacy
Today, most of his collection is housed at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[5]
A species of lizard, Mesalina olivieri, is named in his honor.[6]
References
- ^ JSTOR Global Plants (biography)
- ^ "Guillaume Olivier 1756–1814". University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
- ^ "Olivier". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Olivier, Guillaume Antoine (1789). Entomologie, ou, Histoire naturelle des insectes : avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur enluminée / Coléoptères. Paris, France: De l'Imprimerie de Baudoin. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum - Division of Entomology (biographical information)
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Olivieri", pp. 194-195).
External links
- Voyage dans l'empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la république; par G.A. Olivier (1800): Vol I - Vol II - [ Vol III] - [ Vol IV] - Vol V - Vol VI
- Works by or about Guillaume-Antoine Olivier at the Internet Archive
