BIOLOGIST

Pierre André Latreille

1762 - 1833

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Pierre André Latreille (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃dʁe latʁɛj]; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis. He published his first important work, Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, in 1796, and was eventually employed by the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre André Latreille has received more than 303,204 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Pierre André Latreille is the 168th most popular biologist (up from 197th in 2019), the 1,417th most popular biography from France (up from 1,800th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Biologist.

Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the classification of invertebrates.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Pierre André Latreille ranks 168 out of 1,097. Before him are Joshua Lederberg, Susumu Tonegawa, Robert Whittaker, Johan Christian Fabricius, Renato Dulbecco, and Georges J. F. Köhler. After him are Erik Acharius, César Milstein, Paul Greengard, John Boyd Orr, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, and Ana Aslan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Pierre André Latreille ranks 10. Before him are André Chénier, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Gia Long, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, and Jacques Balmat. After him are Theroigne de Mericourt, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Spencer Perceval, Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, James Hoban, and Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Among people deceased in 1833, Pierre André Latreille ranks 14. Before him are William Wilberforce, Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh Glass, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. After him are Abbas Mirza, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Adamantios Korais, Edmund Kean, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, and René Louiche Desfontaines.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre André Latreille ranks 1,417 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Geneviève Grad (1944), Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Ernest Meissonier (1815), and Otto Meissner (1880). After him are Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), Benedict of Aniane (750), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Armand Peugeot (1849), and Pierre Cambronne (1770).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Pierre André Latreille ranks 22. Before him are Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Jean Dausset (1916), Aimé Bonpland (1773), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), and Michel Adanson (1727). After him are Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), Armand David (1826), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Pierre Belon (1517), and Antoine Béchamp (1816).

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