Ferdinand Le Cerf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinand Le Cerf

French entomologist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1881

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1945

Profession: lepidopterist, entomologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ferdinand Le Cerf (October 3, 1881, Paris – 1945, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a "Préparateur" or technician in the entomological laboratories of Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. The museum holds his collections. He wrote three volumes on Lepidoptera in the Encyclopedie Entomologique (Lechevalier Paris 1926, 1927 and 1929) and many scientific papers in the Bulletin of the Société entomologique de France of which he was a Member.