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Louis Pierre Vieillot (10 May 1748, Yvetot – 24 August 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen) was a French ornithologist. [a] Vieillot is the author of the first scientific descriptions and Linnaean names of a number of birds, including species he collected himself in the West Indies and North America and South American species discovered but not ...
Vieillot is the author of the first scientific descriptions and Linnaean names of a number of birds, including species he collected himself in the West Indies and North America and South American species discovered but not formally named by Félix de Azara and his translator Sonnini de Manoncourt.
Jean Pierre Vieillot, the French naturalist whose name will always be associated with early American ornithology. In comparison with other birdmen of his day, such as Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon, little is known of his life.
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THIS year, 1948, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Jean Pierre Vie'illot, the French naturalist whose name will always be associated with early American ornithology. In comparison with other birdmen of his day, such as Alexander Wilson and John James. Audubon, little is known of his life.
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Louis Pierre Vieillot (10 May 1748, Yvetot - 1831, Rouen) was a French ornithologist . Vieillot described a large number of birds for the first time. These included birds he saw during the time he spent in the West Indies and North America. 26 genera and 32 species of North American birds were first described by him. [1]
Louis-Pierre Vieillot. Introduction. Louis-Pierre Vieillot was an important European systematist who had a great influence on the development of American and Canadian ornithology. In his early adult life he spent considerable time in the West Indies working in the family trading business.
Louis-Pierre Vieillot (1748-1831) Introduction Louis-Pierre Vieillot was an important European systematist who had a great influence on the development of American and Canadian ornithology. In his early adult life he spent considerable time in the West Indies working in the family trading business.
