Devillers, Charles, 1724-1809

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Name (Latin)
Devillers, Charles, 1724-1809
Other forms of name
Villers, Carolo de, 1724-1809
Devillers, Carolo, 1724-1809
Devillers, M., 1724-1809
Villers, Charles Joseph de, 1724-1809
Date of birth
1724-07-24
Date of death
1809-01-03
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 73878931
Wikidata: Q2805257
Library of congress: n 2002065656
DLC: n 2002065656
Sources of Information
  • Devillers, Charles. Le colosse aux pieds d'argille, 1784:t.p. (M. Devillers)
  • Dict. biog. franç.(hdg.: Devillers, Charles; b. 1724, d. 1809)
  • Michaud(hdg.: Devillers, Charles; b. 1724, d. 1809)
  • NUC pre-1956(hdg.: Villers, Charles Joseph de, 1724-1809)

Wikipedia description:

Charles Joseph Devillers or de Villers (1724 in Rennes – 1810) was a French naturalist. Charles Devillers was a member of l’Académie des sciences belles-lettres et arts de Lyon from 1764 to 1810. He had a cabinet of curiosities and was interested in physics and mathematics. He published Caroli Linnaei entomologia, in 1789, a collection of the insect descriptions of Carl von Linné. He was a friend of Philibert Commerson (1727–1773), Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert (1741–1814) and Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793).

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