Frédéric de Lafresnaye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French ornithologist
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Place of Birth: Falaise, Normandy, France
About Frédéric de Lafresnaye
- Baron Nöel Frédéric Armand André de Lafresnaye (24 July 1783 – 14 July 1861) was a French ornithologist and collector. Lafresnaye was born into an aristocratic family at Chateau de La Fresnaye in Falaise, Normandy.
- He took an early interest in natural history, particularly entomology.
- It was only after acquiring a collection of European birds that he turned his attention to ornithology. Lafresnaye described a number of new bird species, some with Alcide d'Orbigny.
- He accumulated a collection of over 8,000 bird skins at his home.
- After his death the collection was purchased by the American collector Henry Bryant and donated to the Boston Natural History Society.
- It was transferred to the Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1914. Lafresnaye's piculet, Lafresnaye's woodcreeper and Lafresnaye's vanga are avian species that bear his name.
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