Pierre-Émile Gounelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French entomologist
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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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