Louis Hippolyte Bouteille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Louis Hippolyte Bouteille

French ornithologist

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1804

Place of Birth: Saint-Gilles, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1881

Profession: ornithologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Louis Hippolyte Bouteille

  • Louis Hippolyte Bouteille (2 January 1804, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard - 19 August 1881, Grenoble ) was a French ornithologist Bouteille studied pharmacy at Avignon from 1820 to 1822, then at Geneva from 1822 to 1825 then at Lyon from 1825 to 1827.
  • He moved to Grenoble obtained pharmaceutical qualification from Faculté de Montpellier in 1833 where he practised. A naturalist from his youth he studied insects and birds.
  • In 1843 he published Ornithologie du Dauphiné, ou Description des oiseaux observés dans les départements de l'Isère, de la Drôme, des Hautes-Alpes(two volumes).
  • He closed his shop in 1847 when he gained the post of Conservateur at Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Grenoble fr:Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Grenoble to the detriment of Albin Crépu (1799–1859). Bouteille supervised the construction du Muséum in the Jardin des plantes considerably enriched the collections.
  • He founded "la Société d'acclimatation des Alpes" also the Jardin d'acclimatation de Grenoble in 1854.
  • He was also the author of Faune de l’Oisans in Essai descriptif de l’Oisans d'Aristide Albert (1821–1903).

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