Henri d'Orbigny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French architect and entomologist
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Place of Birth: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France
About Henri d'Orbigny
- Henri-Joseph d'Orbigny (16 May 1845, Paris – 29 June 1915, Paris) was a French architect and entomologist. From 1864 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of Honoré Daumet (1826-1911).
- As an architect he built the Musée d'Orbigny-Bernon in La Rochelle.
- From 1887 to 1889, he was a member of the Société des amis des monuments parisiens.From the age of 50, he devoted his time to entomology, researching beetles, in particular scarab beetles.
- His best known written work was Synopsis des Onthophagides d'Afrique (1913), published in the Annales de la Société Entomologique de France.
- Orbigny was a member of the Société entomologique de France.
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