Marie Jules César Savigny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Jules César Savigny

French zoologist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1777

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

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1851

Profession: zoologist, ornithologist, botanist, entomologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (5 April 1777 – 5 October 1851) was a French zoologist. Savigny was born at Provins.
In 1798 he travelled to Egypt with the Emperor Napoleon as part of the French scientific expedition to that country, and contributed to the publication of the findings of the expedition in 1809 (Description de l'Égypte; published more fully in 1822).
He wrote about the fauna in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
He is also known for proposing a theory that the mouth-parts of insects are homologous with locomotory organs (e.g.
legs).