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    • Jean-Henri Fabre – The Virgil of Insects | SciHi Blog
      • Fabre was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. Famous botanists Requien of Avignon and Moquin-Tandon helped him to advance his scientific knowledge. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology.
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  2. Jean Henri Fabre was a French entomologist famous for his study of the anatomy and behaviour of insects. Largely self-taught, Fabre was appointed a teacher at the lycée of Carpentras, Fr. (1842), was made physics teacher at the lycée of Ajaccio, Corsica (1843–51), and was given a teaching position.

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  3. Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (21 December 1823 – 11 October 1915) was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author known for the lively style of his popular books on the lives of insects. [1] Biography. Fabre was born on 21 December 1823 in Saint-Léons in Aveyron, France . Fabre was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family.

  4. Biography. Jean-Henri Casimir FABRE was born in Saint Léons on December 22, 1823. He spent the first years of his youth at Le Malaval, very close to his native village, with his grandparents. From his youth he was attracted by the beauty of butterflies and grasshoppers...The memory of this childhood stayed with him forever.

  5. Read the biography and fascinating works of Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre - a prominent French entomologist, who devoted his life to the study of insects.

  6. May 23, 2018 · Fabre, Jean Henri. ( b. Saint-Léons, Aveyron, France 22 December 1823; d. Sérignan, Vaucluse, France, 11 October 1915) entomology, natural history. Fabre was the son of Antoine Fabre, an homme de chicane (a sort of law officer), and of Victorie Salgues. He began his studies at the parochial school of his native village, then continued them ...

  7. Dec 22, 2021 · biology 22. December 2021 3 Harald Sack. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) On December 22, 1821, French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre was born. Being a prolific author, his greatest achievement lies in the polularization of insect natural history. Victor Hugo dubbed him “ the insects’ Homer ” and Edmond Rostand named him the “ Virgil of ...

  8. Jean-Henri Fabre, biography, autograph, chronology, 1823-1915, photographs, manuscript, entomology

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