Léopold de Folin
French zoologist, author and oceanographer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French zoologist, author and oceanographer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Léopold de Folin[1] (Alexandre Guillaume Léopold de,[2] Marquis de Folin, 28 August 1817 – 5 July 1896[3]) was an author, oceanographer, malacologist and early founder (1871) of the collections which were to become the Musée de la mer (sea museum)[4] in Biarritz, France[5]
Léopold de Folin | |
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| Born | 28 August 1817 |
| Died | 5 July 1896 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | French |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oceanography, malacology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Folin |
De Folin wrote on Caecidae for the reports published following the Challenger expedition of 1872-1876.
With Henri Milne-Edwards's son Alphonse, de Folin carried out a survey of the Gulf of Gascony. He worked on board the Travailleur (a paddle-wheel aviso) in 1880, and on board the Talisman in 1883, for trips to the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores.[6]
De Folin also described the genus Oceanida of sea snails in the family Eulimidae.
Léopold de Folin was the brother-in-law of the French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet, through his marriage with Morelet's sister Noémie.
The sea snail genus Folinella was named after de Folin.
An exposition room dedicated to oceanography in the Musée de la mer in Biarritz, France, bears his name.
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