Maximilien Chaudoir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maximilien Chaudoir

Russian entomologist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1816

Place of Birth: Ivnitsia, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 06-May-1881

Profession: entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Maximilien Chaudoir, or Maximilien, baron de Chaudoir, (12 September 1816, Ivnitsa, near Zhitomir – 6 May 1881, Amélie-les-Bains) was a Russian entomologist.
He was a specialist in Coleoptera and in particular the Carabidae.
His Cicindelidae are conserved by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.
His Carabidae were acquired by Charles Oberthür (1845–1924), then given to the same museum.
He wrote Mémoire sur la famille des Carabiques, 6 volumes commencing 1848.