Édouard Chatton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Édouard Chatton

French biologist

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1883

Place of Birth: Romont, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1947

Profession: zoologist, biologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Édouard Chatton (French pronunciation: ?[edwa? ?at?~]) (11 October 1883 – 23 April 1947, Banyuls-sur-Mer) was a French biologist who first characterized the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization.
Chatton coined the terms in his 1925 paper, Pansporella perplex: Reflections on the Biology and Phylogeny of the Protozoa.Chatton's initial interest was in various human pathogenic protozoa, members of the Apicomplexa and Trypanosomatids.
He later expanded his studies to include marine protists, helping to contribute to the description of the dinoflagellate protists.
At the Pasteur Institute he met and became a mentor to André Michel Lwoff, future Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
The two scientists remained close associates until Chatton's death in 1947.