Georges Pruvôt
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Georges Florentin Pruvôt (11 April 1852, Saint-Amand-Montrond – 15 October 1924, Paris) was a French zoologist. He was the husband of malacologist Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873-1972).[1]
He studied in Paris, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1882, followed by his doctorate in natural sciences in 1885. From 1885 he was a lecturer to the faculty of sciences in Paris, later relocating to Grenoble, where in 1893 he became a professor of zoology. In 1898 he returned to Paris as chef des travaux de zoologie (chief of zoological research).[2] In 1900 he was named director of the laboratory at Banyuls-sur-Mer,[3] and two years later, began giving classes in comparative anatomy in Paris.[4]
The solenogaster genus Pruvotia was named after him by Johannes Thiele. Also, organisms with the specific epithet of pruvoti are named in his honor.[3]
Selected works
[edit]- Anatomiques et Recherches sur le systems morphologiques nerveux of Annelides polychetes, 1885 - Anatomical and morphological research on the nervous system of Polychaeta.
- Vers et arthropod, 1886 - Worms and arthropods.
- Annelides polychetes de Nouvelle-Calidonie recueillies Francois, 1930 - Polychaete annelids of New Caledonia collected by François (Introduction and notes by Pierre Fauvel).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Pruvôt (Georges, Florentin) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017
- ^ Rapport présenté au Ministre de l'Instruction Publique by Université de Paris. Conseil
- ^ a b Petymol Archived 2010-10-27 at the Wayback Machine Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. P
- ^ Statement based on translated text from an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia; source listed as: Christophe Charle et Telkes Eva (1989): Les Professeurs de la Faculté des Sciences de Paris. Dictionary biographique (1901-1939), National Institute for Research Pédagogique (Paris) et CNRS Éditions, biographique collection Histoire de l'Enseignement. 270 p ISBN 2-222-04336-0.
- ^ IDREF.fr (bibliography)