Jules Favre (naturalist)
Swiss zoologist, mycologist and geologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jules Favre (6 November 1882, Le Locle – 22 January 1959, Geneva) was a Swiss zoologist, mycologist and geologist. He was curator at the Natural History Museum of Geneva from 1915 to 1952.
Jules Favre | |
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Born | 6 November 1882 Le Locle |
Died | 22 January 1959 (1959-01-23) (aged 76) Geneva |
Scientific career | |
Fields | zoology, botany, geology |
He studied natural sciences at the Neuchâtel Academy, and in 1907, started work as an assistant at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Geneva, where he eventually became a curator of geology and paleontology. In 1952 he received an honorary degree from the University of Neuchâtel.[1][2]
During his career, he was a recipient of the Prix Desmazières of the Académie des sciences of Paris and the Prix de la Ville de Genève.[1] In 1927 he became a member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon (Linnean Society of Lyon).[3]
His type material is stored in the collections at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Geneva, and some material is kept in the Melvill-Tomlin collection at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.[4]