Jean Crespon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Crespon

French zoologist

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1797

Place of Birth: Nîmes, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1857

Profession: naturalist, zoologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jean Crespon (14 October 1797, Nîmes – 1 August 1857) was a French zoologist and naturalist. Born into a poor family, he worked as a barber, soldier, and poet before becoming a taxidermist and turning to natural history.
In 1840 he published his Ornithologie du Gard et des pays circonvoisins (Ornithology of Gard and Environs), a book that covered 321 species of birds.
The book earned the praise of naturalists that included Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861). In 1844 Crespon published the two-volume La Faune méridionale (Mediterranean Wildlife), in which he described 27 new species. Crespon's natural history collections passed to the Muséum d'histoire naturelle in Nîmes on his death.