Pierre-Émile Gounelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pierre-Émile Gounelle

French entomologist

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1850

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

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1914

Profession: entomologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Pierre-Émile Gounelle

  • Pierre-Émile Gounelle (Paris, 9 June 1850 – 2 October 1914, Paris) was a French entomologist and naturalist.Son of engineer, Eugène Gounelle, who installed the first telegraph line from Paris via Rouen to Le Havre, Pierre-Émile also trained first as an engineer.
  • From 1884 he made several scientific expeditions to Brazil.
  • He is chiefly remembered for his investigations of Cerambycidae found in Brazil.
  • He bequeathed his entomological books to the Société Entomologique de France.In Brazil, he collected plants that later became part of the herbarium at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
  • The botanical species – Barbacenia gounelleana, Leiothrix gounelleana, Pilosocereus gounellei and Pseudopilocereus gounellei are named after him.

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