Étienne Rabaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Étienne Rabaud

French physician and entomologist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1868

Place of Birth: Saint-Affrique, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1956

Profession: zoologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Étienne Rabaud

  • Étienne Antoine Prosper Jules Rabaud (12 September 1868 in Saint-Affrique – 3 September 1956 in Villemade) was a French zoologist, known for his studies of animal behavior. From 1894 he served as an assistant in the laboratory of teratology at the École des Hautes-Études, and in 1898 he obtained doctorates in both medicine and sciences.
  • In 1907 he became a maître de conférences at the faculty of sciences in Paris, where he was later named an assistant professor (1920), professor without chair (1921) and a professor of experimental biology (1923).
  • From 1910 to 1919 he served as director of the laboratory at Wimereux.In 1904 he was named secretary of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris.
  • Later on in his career, he was appointed president of the Société entomologique de France (1915) and the Société zoologique de France (1921).
  • In 1937 he became an officer of the Légion d'honneur.
  • Rabaud was a supporter of Lamarckian evolution.

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