Jean Antoine Coquebert de Montbret [SEP] date of death
Jean Antoine Coquebert de Montbret
Jean Antoine Coquebert de Montbret (1753, Paris- 6 April 1825) was a French entomologist.
He wrote "Illustratio iconographica insectorum quae in musaeis parisinis observavit et in lucem edidit Joh. Christ. Fabricius, praemissis ejusdem descriptionibus; accedunt species plurimae, vel minus aut nondum cognitae", Paris: P. Didot, 1799-1804 an illustrated work on insect specimens in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. The insects appear as inside an insect box.
References.
- Laboulais-Lesage
Société Entomologique de France. He wrote fifty publications mainly on Lepidoptera but also on Coleoptera and Homoptera. He described the Lepidoptera taken on the voyages of "L'Astrolabe" and "La Coquille".
- Jean Antoine Coquebert de Montbret "Illustratio iconographica insectorum quae in musaeis parisinis". Paris: P. Didot, commenced (finished in 1804).
See also.
- Timeline of entomology – for a list of other available time periods
- List of entomologists
- Science in the Age of Enlightenment
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