Édouard Ménétries
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Édouard Ménétries
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Édouard Ménétries was a French entomologist, zoologist, and herpetologist. He is best known as the founder of the Russian Entomological Society. Ménétries was born in Paris, and became a student of Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille. On their recommendation he was chosen as the zoologist on a Russian expedition to Brazil in 1822, led by Baron von Langsdorff. On his return he was appointed curator of the Zoological Collection at St Petersburg. In 1829 he was sent by the Tsar on an explorat
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French entomologist, zoologist, and herpetologist
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2024-04-07T06:49:02Z
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