François Péron
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| Born | François Auguste Peron 1775 Cerilly, France |
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| Died | 1810 |
| Cause of death | Tuberculosis |
| Nationality | French  |
| Known for | Coined the term anthropology, naturalist and Australian explorer |
François Auguste Péron (1775 - 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer. He is credited with the first use of the term anthropology.[1]
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[edit] Explorations
In 1801 Péron travelled to Australia as a naturalist on the expedition of Nicolas Baudin. With the artist Charles Alexandre Lesueur he took over the duties as naturalist after the death of the expedition's zoologist René Maugé. Together they collected over 100,000 zoological specimens. Whilst there he encountered the Tasmanian Aborigines of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, on south-eastern Tasmania. Within 30 years almost all were dead through disease and war.[1]
[edit] Publications
Péron and Lesueur returned to Paris in 1804 and began publishing their findings in Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, the first volume of which was published in 1807. Péron also worked on a journal entitled Mémoire sur les éstablissements anglais à la Nouvelle Hollande. He died of tuberculosis before publication of the second volume of Voyage....
[edit] References
- ^ a b Flannery, T.F. (1994) The Future Eaters: An ecological history of the Australasian lands and people Chatswood: New South Wales ISBN 0802139434
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