Alfred Duvaucel (1793-1825) was a French naturalist. Duvaucel was the stepson of Georges Cuvier. In 1817 Cuvier sent him to India with Pierre-Médard Diard, to collect for the Paris Museum. They established a botanical garden in Chandannagar in 1818. In 1819 they spent some time collecting in Sumatra under the contract of Thomas Stamford Raffles. They were dismissed when Raffles discovered that most of the material was not sent to him but to the Museum in Paris. Duvaucel died in Madras.
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- Alfred Duvaucel (1793-1825) was a French naturalist. Duvaucel was the stepson of Georges Cuvier. In 1817 Cuvier sent him to India with Pierre-Médard Diard, to collect for the Paris Museum. They established a botanical garden in Chandannagar in 1818. In 1819 they spent some time collecting in Sumatra under the contract of Thomas Stamford Raffles. They were dismissed when Raffles discovered that most of the material was not sent to him but to the Museum in Paris. Duvaucel died in Madras. He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the Barasingha Cervus duvaucelii, Duvaucels Gecko Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, the River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii and the Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii.
- Alfred Duvaucel est un naturaliste français, né en 1792 à Évreux et mort en 1824 à Madras en Inde. Il étudie l’histoire naturelle auprès de Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), son beau-père. Il devient, en 1807, naturaliste du roi. Il part en 1817 en Inde avec Pierre Diard (1784-1849), il explore le Bengale et récolte des spécimens pour le Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Les deux hommes établissent un jardin botanique à Chandannagar en 1818. Ils suivent les suggestions de Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) et partent récolter des spécimens à Sumatra. Duvaucel meurt à Madras. Son nom est commémoré par plusieurs espèces : le cerf de Duvaucel, Cervus duvaucelii, par Georges Cuvier en 1823; le gecko, Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, par André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860) et par Gabriel Bibron (1805-1848) en 1836; le vanneau pie, Vanellus duvaucelii, par René Primevère Lesson (1794-1849) en 1826; et le trogon de Duvaucel, Harpactes duvaucelii, par Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858) en 1824.
- Alfred Duvaucel foi um naturalista francês. Era enteado de Georges Cuvier.
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- Alfred Duvaucel (1793-1825) was a French naturalist. Duvaucel was the stepson of Georges Cuvier. In 1817 Cuvier sent him to India with Pierre-Médard Diard, to collect for the Paris Museum. They established a botanical garden in Chandannagar in 1818. In 1819 they spent some time collecting in Sumatra under the contract of Thomas Stamford Raffles. They were dismissed when Raffles discovered that most of the material was not sent to him but to the Museum in Paris. Duvaucel died in Madras.
- Alfred Duvaucel est un naturaliste français, né en 1792 à Évreux et mort en 1824 à Madras en Inde. Il étudie l’histoire naturelle auprès de Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), son beau-père. Il devient, en 1807, naturaliste du roi. Il part en 1817 en Inde avec Pierre Diard (1784-1849), il explore le Bengale et récolte des spécimens pour le Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Les deux hommes établissent un jardin botanique à Chandannagar en 1818.
- Alfred Duvaucel foi um naturalista francês. Era enteado de Georges Cuvier.
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