The following is a list persons who have held the chairs of the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. The number of chaired positions, and their subject areas, have evolved since the creation of the original twelve chairs, some being subdivided into two positions and others removed. (Titles translated)
1874 to 1905:
Édouard Bureau. After the creation of the chair of Botany (Classification and Natural Families of Cryptogams), this chair was reduced to the Phanerogams (Spermatophytes).
Botany (Classification and Natural Families of Phanerogams
1963 to 1983:
Claude Delamare-Deboutteville. In 1983 this chair was transformed into the Service for the Conservation of Nature whose first person in charge was François Terrasson.
1795 to 1825:
Bernard Germain Étienne de Laville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède. (N.b. 1825 is the year of Lacépède's death, but actually Duméril replaced him in the chair of zoology as early as 1803 because Lacépède, who was occupied with his political appointments, relinquished his professorship.
1957 to 1975:
Jean Guibé. This chair was subdivided: The fish were transferred to the chair of Dynamics of Aquatic Populations and became the chair of General and Applied Ichthyology. This chair was then renamed Zoology (Reptiles and Amphibians).
^See:
Jean Lhoste (1987), French entomologists (1750-1950). Editions INRA/OPIE. (In French)
Jean Dorst (dir.), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 253 p., Fernand Nathan, Paris, 1980,
ISBN2-09-290195-8
Yves Laissus, Le Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Gallimard, Paris, 1995
Stéphane Déligeorges, Alexandre Gady et Françoise Labalette, Le Jardin des Plantes et le Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Monum, Paris, 2004, 64 p,
ISBN2-85822-601-6
Annuaire et sites du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 40 p., MNHN, Paris, rééditions décennales.
The following is a list persons who have held the chairs of the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. The number of chaired positions, and their subject areas, have evolved since the creation of the original twelve chairs, some being subdivided into two positions and others removed. (Titles translated)
1874 to 1905:
Édouard Bureau. After the creation of the chair of Botany (Classification and Natural Families of Cryptogams), this chair was reduced to the Phanerogams (Spermatophytes).
Botany (Classification and Natural Families of Phanerogams
1963 to 1983:
Claude Delamare-Deboutteville. In 1983 this chair was transformed into the Service for the Conservation of Nature whose first person in charge was François Terrasson.
1795 to 1825:
Bernard Germain Étienne de Laville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède. (N.b. 1825 is the year of Lacépède's death, but actually Duméril replaced him in the chair of zoology as early as 1803 because Lacépède, who was occupied with his political appointments, relinquished his professorship.
1957 to 1975:
Jean Guibé. This chair was subdivided: The fish were transferred to the chair of Dynamics of Aquatic Populations and became the chair of General and Applied Ichthyology. This chair was then renamed Zoology (Reptiles and Amphibians).
^See:
Jean Lhoste (1987), French entomologists (1750-1950). Editions INRA/OPIE. (In French)
Jean Dorst (dir.), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 253 p., Fernand Nathan, Paris, 1980,
ISBN2-09-290195-8
Yves Laissus, Le Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Gallimard, Paris, 1995
Stéphane Déligeorges, Alexandre Gady et Françoise Labalette, Le Jardin des Plantes et le Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Monum, Paris, 2004, 64 p,
ISBN2-85822-601-6
Annuaire et sites du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 40 p., MNHN, Paris, rééditions décennales.