Henri Gadeau de Kerville

Henri Gadeau de Kerville (17 December 1858, Rouen - 26 July 1940, Bagnères-de-Luchon) was a French zoologist, entomologist, botanist and archeologist best known for his photographs of these subjects and especially for his work "Les Insectes phosphorescents : notes complémentaires et bibliographie générale (anatomie physiologie et biologie) : avec quatre planches chromolithographiées", Rouen, L. Deshays, 1881.

Personal life

He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.[1] He was a member of the Société des sciences naturelles et amis du Museum de Rouen (1878), the Société botanique de France (1882) and the Société préhistorique française (1911). In 1910 he founded a laboratory for experimental speleobiology in Saint-Paër. The Société zoologique de France and Société entomologique de France each offers a "Prix Gadeau de Kerville" for achievements in their respective fields.[2]

His scientific collections and photographs brought back from his expeditions are kept at museums in Paris, London, Elbeuf and Rouen.[2]

Selected writings

References

  1. Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen - History
  2. 2.0 2.1 France Savante (biographical information)
  3. France Savante, Prosopo, (list of publications)