Jean Baptiste François René Koehler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French zoologist
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Place of Birth: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Grand Est, France
About Jean Baptiste François René Koehler
- Jean Baptiste François René Koehler (7 March 1860, Saint-Dié – 19 April 1931, Lyon) was a French zoologist best known for his research of echinoderms. He studied medicine and zoology in Nancy.
- In 1889 he became a member of the faculty of sciences in Lyon, where in 1894, he attained the chair of zoology.
- In 1911 he was selected as president of the Société zoologique de France.In 1988 the genus Koehleria (Cherbonnier) of the family Cucumariidae was named in his honor.
- Also, he is commemorated by organisms with the specific epithet of koehleri.
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