Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix

French lawyer and amateur ornithologist

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1758

Place of Birth: Oisemont, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1830

Profession: lawyer, jurist, zoologist, ornithologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix

  • Charles Henri FrĂ©dĂ©ric Dumont de Sainte-Croix (27 April 1758 – 8 January 1830) was a French zoologist. A lawyer by trade, he was also an enthusiastic amateur ornithologist.
  • Between 1817 and 1818, he described a number of Javanese bird species discovered by Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour; he also contributed articles on ornithology to the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, edited and published from 1816–1830 by F.
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  • Levrault.Dumont de Sainte-Croix's daughter, ClĂ©mence married RenĂ©-Primevère Lesson, a surgeon and noted French naturalist.His younger brother, AndrĂ© Dumont was elected to the Convention during the French Revolution.

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