Ferdinand Le Cerf
Ferdinand Le Cerf and other entomologists at the Hill Museum in 1920
Ferdinand Le Cerf (October 3, 1881, Paris - 1945, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
He was a "Préparateur" or technician in the entomological laboratories of Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.
The museum holds his collections.
He wrote three volumes on Lepidoptera in the Encyclopedie Entomologique (Lechevalier Paris 1926, 1927 and 1929) and many scientific papers in the Bulletin of the Société entomologique de France of which he was a Member.
References
- Anonym 1945 [Le Cerf, F.] Graellsia 3 173.
- Anonym 1945 [Le Cerf, F.] Ent. News 56 259.
- Fletcher, T. B. 1945 [Le Cerf, F.] Ent. Rec. J. Var. 57 76.
- Lhoste, J. 1987 Les entomologistes français. 1750-1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris : 1-355 176, 181-182.
- Oberthür, C. 1915: [Le Cerf, F.] Études Lép. Comp. 10.
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