Charles Joseph Devillers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Joseph Devillers

naturalist

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1724

Place of Birth: Rennes, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1810

Profession: naturalist, entomologist, arachnologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Charles Joseph Devillers

  • Charles Joseph Devillers or de Villers (1724 in Rennes – 1810) was a French naturalist. Charles Devillers was a member of l’Académie des sciences belles-lettres et arts de Lyon from 1764 to 1810.
  • He had a cabinet of curiosities and was interested in physics and mathematics.
  • He published Caroli Linnaei entomologia, in 1789, a collection of the insect descriptions of Carl von Linné.
  • He was a friend of Philibert Commerson (1727–1773), Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert (1741–1814) and Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793).

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