Hippolyte Louis Gory | |
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Born | 1800 Paris |
Died | 1852 Paris |
Residence | Paris |
Citizenship | France |
Nationality | France |
Fields | Entomology |
Author abbreviation (zoology) | Gory |
Hippolyte Louis Gory (1800-1852) was a French entomologist.
Hippolyte Louis Gory was born in Paris, 5th arrondissement the 27 (or the 28) September 1800 (the exact date is 5 vendémiaire an IX in the republican calendar). He was married to Sophie Marie Sotom at Paris the 30th March 1826. He died the 26th April 1852 at Paris, 11ème arrondissement.
Horn & Schenkling[1] give a list of 44 entomological works
One of his main works was the Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères (1837–1841), volumes 2-4; Castelnau writing the first volume only. This has become one of the rarest entomological books.
Another well-known magistral work is the Monographie des Cétoines et genres voisins, published with Percheron.