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Jacques-Armand Eudes-Deslongchamps

1794–1867

French comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. Specialist in marine invertebrates and reptiles. Professor of natural history to the Faculty of Sciences, Caen, from 1825; of zoology, from 1838. Founding member, Linnean Society of Normandy and Caen Museum of Natural History.

Sources

DBF

Geological Magazine (1867): 140–1

Sarjeant 1980–96 s.v. Deslongchamps

Bibliography

DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.

Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.

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