Jules Favre (naturalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules Favre (naturalist)

Swiss biologist (mycology, zoology, geology and paleontology)

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1882

Place of Birth: Le Locle, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1959

Profession: geologist, university teacher, botanist, mycologist, malacologist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jules Favre (6 November 1882, Le Locle – 22 January 1959, Geneva) was a Swiss zoologist, mycologist and geologist.
He was the curator of the Natural History Museum of Geneva from 1915 to 1952. He studied natural sciences at the Neuchâtel Academy, and in 1907, started work as an assistant at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Geneva, where he eventually became a curator of geology and paleontology.
In 1952 he received an honorary degree from the University of Neuchâtel.During his career, he was a reciprient of the Prix Desmazières of the Académie des sciences of Paris and the Prix de la Ville de Genève.
In 1927 he became a member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon (Linnean Society of Lyon).His type material is stored in the collections at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Geneva, and some material is kept in the Melvill-Tomlin collection at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.