Ernest Marie Louis Bedel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French entomologist (1849–1922)
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Place of Birth: Mantes-sur-Seine, France
About Ernest Marie Louis Bedel
- Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (16 May 1849, Nantes – 26 January 1922, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Louis Bedel studied first in Nantes then in Paris where the future entomologist Maurice Sédillot (1849-1933) was a fellow student.
- His father arranged his taking part in natural history sorties where he met great names of natural history like Alcide d'Orbigny (1802-1857) and which were also attended by future scientists in other disciplines like Henry Le Chatelier (1850-1936), Henri d'Orbigny (1845-1915) and Pierre Emile Gounelle (1850-1914).
- He took part in the war of 1870 before continuing his law studies.
- Bedel wrote nearly 300 publications mainly devoted to the Coleopters.
- His collection is preserved at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
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