Étienne Louis Geoffroy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Étienne Louis Geoffroy

French entomologist

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1725

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

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1810

Profession: pharmacist, entomologist, anatomist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Étienne Louis Geoffroy (October 12, 1725 – August 12, 1810) was a French entomologist and pharmacist.
He was born in Paris and died in Soissons.
He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl von Linné and devoted himself mainly to beetles. Geoffroy was the author of Histoire abrégée des Insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris.
Paris : Durand Vol.
1 8 + 523 pp.
10 pls (1762) and co-author with Antoine François of Entomologia Parisiensis, sive, Catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur ...
(1785).