Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel [SEP] place of death
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774 – 10 January 1846) was a French soldier and entomologist.
Life and career.
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel was born in 1774 in Valenciennes, Nord, and died on 10 January 1846 in Paris. After studies in Douai, he joined the French Army when he was sixteen years old and took part in the campaigns of 1795 and 1796. Retiring from the army, he worked afterwards as a government administrator stationed in Paris. He was forced to retire again
Duponchel
Duponchel may refer to:
- Henri Duponchel (1794–1868, sometimes erroneously called Charles-Edmond Duponchel), French architect, stage designer, impresario
- Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846), French soldier and entomologist
- "Amphonyx duponchel" (Duponchel's sphinx), a moth of the family Sphingidae, named after Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
- Charles-Edmond Duponchel, French architect, accountant and son of Philogène-Auguste
- Auguste Duponchel, chief medical officer of l'Ecole polytechnique and son of