Jules René Bourguignat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules René Bourguignat

French malacologist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1829

Place of Birth: Brienne-le-Château, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1892

Profession: naturalist, malacologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jules René Bourguignat (19 August 1829, Brienne-Napoléon, Aube – 7 April 1892) was a French malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks.
He served as secretary-general of the Société malacologique de France.
During his lifetime, he traveled widely, visiting, for example, Lake Tanganyika and North Africa.
He reportedly defined 112 new genera and around 2540 new species of mollusks.