Louis Companyo

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Louis Companyo (1781 - 1871) was a French physician and naturalist.

Louis Companyo was a founder and director of the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Perpignan [1] and wrote Histoire Naturelle du département des Pyrénées-Orientales. Perpignan, 1861- 1864, the first book on the natural history of the Pyrenees when over eighty years old. The 3 volumes covergeography geology and paleontology (Volume 1), botany (Volume 2) , zoology and entomology (Volume 3).

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• Louis Companyo in French.

[edit] References

• Constantin, R. 1992 Memorial des Coléopteristes Français. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne , Paris (Suppl. 14).