Auguste Aymard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Auguste Aymard

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1808

Place of Birth: Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1889

Profession: historian, archivist, paleontologist, archaeologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Auguste Aymard (1808–1889) was a French prehistorian and palaeontologist who lived and died in Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire).
He described the fossil Entelodon magnus and the fossil genera Anancus and Amphechinus. Auguste Aymard was the archivist for the Departement Haute-Loire and Conservateur of Musée du Puy-en-Velay.
He made archaeological discoveries in Puy-en-Velay, Polignac, Haute-Loire and Espaly-Saint-Marcel.