Edouard Piaget (3 November 1817, Les Bayards – 10 September 1910, Couvet) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in lice (Phthiraptera).
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As a young man Piaget became a teacher of French at Mr. de Raedt's College at Instituut Noorthey in Holland. After obtaining a doctorate in Roman Law at Leiden University he remained in Holland but did not practice law as a profession, working instead as a private tutor until 1844, when he was appointed Professor of French and History at the Erasmian Gymnasium in Rotterdam. He next taught at the Higher Citizen's school in Rotterdam. In 1884, aged 67, he returned to Les Bayards to live with his sister.
Piaget's collection of lice (Pédiculines) was obtained from animals in the Zoological Gardens at Rotterdam and from skins in the Leiden Natural History Museum. It was enhanced by specimens from all over the world sent for identification and description.
His entomological collection, herbarium, and library were given to the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in Neuchâtel. Part of his collection is now in the Natural History Museum in London, with his general entomological collection still at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Neuchâtel.
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