Antoine-Alfred Marche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French naturalist
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Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, ÃŽle-de-France, France
About Antoine-Alfred Marche
- Antoine-Alfred Marche (15 February 1844, Boulogne-Billancourt – 31 August 1898, Paris, France) was a French naturalist and explorer.
- He visited Africa, the Philippines and finally the Mariana Islands.
- He made collections of various artifacts.
- He made a large collection of bird specimens from the Marianas between 22 April 1887 and May 1889 and some of them included new avian species (such as the golden white-eye, a bird described by Émile Oustalet).In 1887, Marche was awarded the Legion d'Honneur.
- In his later years, he worked as an archivist in Tunis.
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