Tussen von Charpentier ( German: Toussaint von Charpentier , November 22, 1779 , Freiberg - March 4, 1847 , Brzeg ) - German mining engineer and entomologist .
| Toussin von Charpentier | |
|---|---|
| him. Toussaint von charpentier | |
| Date of Birth | November 22, 1779 |
| Place of Birth | Freiberg , Saxony |
| Date of death | March 4, 1847 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | Brzeg , Silesia |
| A country |  Saxony |
| Scientific field | entomology |
| Taxonomy of wildlife | |
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Charpentier " . |
Biography
Tussen von Charpentier studied at the Mining Academy, then in Leipzig , held various positions in the Mining Department, in 1835 he was appointed Berg-Hauptmann of Silesia .
Charpentier wrote several works on geognostics and very valuable works on the systematics of Lepidoptera and Orthoptera .
The most important of his writings are as follows: “Verzeichnis der europäischen Schmetterlinge” ( Breslavl , 1818 ); "Die Zünsler, Wickler, Schaben u. Geistchen des systematischen Verzeichnisses der Wiener Gegend etc. ”( Braunschweig , 1821 ); "Horae Entomologicae (Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Coleoptera)" (Breslavl, 1825 ); “Libellulinae europeae” ( Leipzig , 1848 , with 48 painted tablets); “Orthoptera descripta et depicta” (ibid., 1841-45, with 60 colored tablets); "Ueber einige fossile Insecten aus Radoboj in Croatien" ("Acta Ac. Leop. Carol.", 1843 ). In addition, Charpentier undertook a new edition of Esper's two famous works, Die Die Europäischen Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur etc. ( Erlangen , 1829 -39) and Die ausländischen Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur etc. (ibid., 1830 ) . Finally, he published a description of scientific travels under the title: “Bemerkungen auf einer Reise von Breslau über Salzburg u. Tyrol, die südl. Schweiz nach Rom, Neapel u. Pästum im Jahre 1818 ”(2 parts, Leipzig, 1820 ).
Literature
- Adelung N. N. Charpentier, Tussen // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.