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'''Alfred Duvaucel''' (1793, [[Évreux]], [[Eure]] – 1825) was a [[France|French]] [[natural history|naturalist]]. |
'''Alfred Duvaucel''' (1793, [[Évreux]], [[Eure]] – 1825, [[Madras]], [[India]]) was a [[France|French]] [[natural history|naturalist]]. He was the stepson of [[Georges Cuvier]]. |
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In December 1817, he left to [[India]] and arrived in [[Calcutta]] in May 1818, where he met [[Pierre-Médard Diard]]. Together, they moved on to [[Chandannagar]], where they started a collection of animals and plants for the [[Paris Museum of Natural History]]. They employed hunters who supplied them every day with live and dead specimens, and also started a botanical garden to cultivate plants. In June 1818, they sent a first consignment to Paris, containing among others a skeleton of a [[Ganges river dolphin]]. The following consignments included a live [[Cashmere goat]], pheasants and various birds. In December 1818, they accompanied [[Thomas Stamford Raffles]] to [[Singapore]] and [[Sumatra]], and continued their collection under his contract.<ref>Société Asiatique (1824) ''Notice sur le voyage de M. A. Duvaucel, dans l'Inde.'' Journal asiatique no. 21, Mars 1824 [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k93103v/f137.image.pagination.langEN online]</ref> |
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Duvaucel was the stepson of [[Georges Cuvier]]. In 1817 Cuvier sent him to [[India]] with [[Pierre-Médard Diard]], to collect for the Paris Museum. They established a botanical garden in [[Chandannagar]] in 1818. In 1819 they spent some time collecting in [[Sumatra]] under the contract of [[Thomas Stamford Raffles]]. They were dismissed when Raffles discovered that most of the material was not sent to him but to the Museum in Paris. Duvaucel died in [[Madras]]. |
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They were dismissed when Raffles discovered that most of the material was not sent to him but to the Museum in Paris. Duvaucel died in [[Madras]]. |
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He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the [[Barasingha]] ''Cervus duvaucelii'', [[Duvaucels Gecko]] ''Hoplodactylus duvaucelii'', the [[River Lapwing]] ''Vanellus duvaucelii'' and the [[Scarlet-rumped Trogon]] ''Harpactes duvaucelii''. |
He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the [[Barasingha]] ''Cervus duvaucelii'', [[Duvaucels Gecko]] ''Hoplodactylus duvaucelii'', the [[River Lapwing]] ''Vanellus duvaucelii'' and the [[Scarlet-rumped Trogon]] ''Harpactes duvaucelii''. |
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Revision as of 15:17, 21 December 2010
Alfred Duvaucel (1793, Évreux, Eure – 1825, Madras, India) was a French naturalist. He was the stepson of Georges Cuvier.
In December 1817, he left to India and arrived in Calcutta in May 1818, where he met Pierre-Médard Diard. Together, they moved on to Chandannagar, where they started a collection of animals and plants for the Paris Museum of Natural History. They employed hunters who supplied them every day with live and dead specimens, and also started a botanical garden to cultivate plants. In June 1818, they sent a first consignment to Paris, containing among others a skeleton of a Ganges river dolphin. The following consignments included a live Cashmere goat, pheasants and various birds. In December 1818, they accompanied Thomas Stamford Raffles to Singapore and Sumatra, and continued their collection under his contract.[1]
They were dismissed when Raffles discovered that most of the material was not sent to him but to the Museum in Paris. Duvaucel died in Madras.
He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the Barasingha Cervus duvaucelii, Duvaucels Gecko Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, the River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii and the Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii.
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