Francois Peron ( French: François Péron ; 1772-1810) - French zoologist and traveler.
| Francois Peron | |
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| fr. François Auguste Péron | |
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| Date of Birth | August 22, 1775 |
| Place of Birth | Series (now - Allier department; France ) |
| Date of death | December 14, 1810 (35 years old) |
| Place of death | Series (Allier department, France) |
| A country | France |
| Scientific field | zoology |
| 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 " Péron " . |
Biography
He studied medicine in Paris and received a scholarship, as he had a disability (during the war he lost his right eye). He spent 3 years at the medical faculty. However, because of his state of health and unhappy love, he interrupted his studies and went on an expedition to Nicolas Boden to the South Sea. Peron accompanied Nicolas Boden (1754-1803) in 1801 during his expedition to measure the Australian coast. Together with Charles Alexander Lesiuer (1778-1846) he was engaged in the natural science work of the expedition. Together, they documented more than 100,000 zoological species, including 2,500 unknown to science, thereby making a significant contribution to the study of the Australian fauna and making the Boden expedition a success. Returning to France, he began work with Lesiuer on the essay Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes, in which he did not mention the head of the expedition Nicolas Boden. The first volume was published in 1807. Peron died of tuberculosis in 1810 before the second volume was published.
On October 14, 1805, Peron became a corresponding member of the Institute of Anatomy and the Department of Zoology. He also worked on the publication Mémoire sur les éstablissements anglais à la Nouvelle Hollande.
Literature
- Edward Duyker: François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager , Miegunyah / MUP, Melb., 2006, pp. 349, ISBN 0-522-85260-2
- FAPeron, L. Freycinet: Voyage de Descouvertes aux Terres Australes, execute par ordre de Sa Majeste l'Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et la goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annes 1800, 1802, 1803 et 1804 .2 Bände, Paris 1807 und 1816, und Atlas 1811. online bei gallica.bnf.fr