Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière | |
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Born | 8 July 1854
Avignon, France |
Died | 13 January 1942
Marseille, France | (aged 87)
Nationality | French |
Known for | Work on opisthobranch gastropods |
Scientific career | |
Fields | malacology, entomology |
Institutions | Faculté des Sciences at Marseille, Muséum d'histoire naturelle at Marseille |
Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière (8 July 1854, Avignon – 13 January 1942, Marseille) was a French scientist, a biologist, specifically a malacologist and entomologist, i.e. someone who studies mollusks, and insects. Within the Mollusca, Vayssière specialized in sea slugs and bubble snails, i.e. marine opisthobranch gastropods. He made significant contributions towards a better understanding of the general biology, phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and ecological distribution of the group. [1]
From 1873 to 1883, Vayssière served as a préparateur to the Faculté des Sciences at Marseille, where afterwards he was maître de conférences (lecturer). [2] He later served as a professor of zoology, and in 1915 he was appointed director of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille. [3]
Vayssière was also interested in entomology, in particular, the field of agricultural entomology. [1]
Vayssière also made contributions to the publications Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 (scientific editors, Alphonse Milne-Edwards and Edmond Perrier) and Expédition antarctique française 1903-1905 (directors, Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Louis Joubin). [3]
Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière | |
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Born | 8 July 1854
Avignon, France |
Died | 13 January 1942
Marseille, France | (aged 87)
Nationality | French |
Known for | Work on opisthobranch gastropods |
Scientific career | |
Fields | malacology, entomology |
Institutions | Faculté des Sciences at Marseille, Muséum d'histoire naturelle at Marseille |
Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière (8 July 1854, Avignon – 13 January 1942, Marseille) was a French scientist, a biologist, specifically a malacologist and entomologist, i.e. someone who studies mollusks, and insects. Within the Mollusca, Vayssière specialized in sea slugs and bubble snails, i.e. marine opisthobranch gastropods. He made significant contributions towards a better understanding of the general biology, phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and ecological distribution of the group. [1]
From 1873 to 1883, Vayssière served as a préparateur to the Faculté des Sciences at Marseille, where afterwards he was maître de conférences (lecturer). [2] He later served as a professor of zoology, and in 1915 he was appointed director of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille. [3]
Vayssière was also interested in entomology, in particular, the field of agricultural entomology. [1]
Vayssière also made contributions to the publications Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 (scientific editors, Alphonse Milne-Edwards and Edmond Perrier) and Expédition antarctique française 1903-1905 (directors, Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Louis Joubin). [3]