Henri Milne-Edwards (October 23, 1800 - July 29, 1885) was an eminent French zoologist. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of
Milne-Edwards, was the 27th child of an English father Wiliam Edwards and a French mother Elisabeth Vaux. He was born in Bruges, now in Belgium, but then part of the newborn French Republic. Bruges (Brugge is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. His father was jailed for several years (for helping some Englishmen in their escape to their country). Henri spent most of his life in France. He was brought up in Paris by his older brother William Edwards, a physiologist. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city His father was released after the fall of Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The whole family then moved to Paris.
At first he turned his attention to medicine, in which he graduated as an MD at Paris in 1823. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the His passion for natural history soon prevailed, and he gave himself up to the study of the lower forms of animal life. He became a student of Georges Cuvier and befriended Jean Victoire Audouin. Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier ( August 23 1769 &ndash May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin ( April 27, 1797 - November 9, 1841) or sometimes Victor Audouin was a French naturalist
He married Laura Trézel. They had nine children, among whom was Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Alphonse Milne-Edwards ( October 13, 1835 - April 21, 1900) was a French Mammalologist, Ornithologist and
One of his earliest papers (Recherches anatomiques sur les crustaces), which was presented to the French Academy of Sciences in 1829, formed the theme of an elaborate and eulogistic report by Cuvier in the following year. The French Academy of Sciences ( French: Académie des sciences) is a Learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the It embodied the results of two dredging expeditions undertaken by him and his friend Audouin during 1826 and 1828 in the neighbourhood of Granville, and was remarkable for clearly distinguishing the marine fauna of that portion of the French coast into four zones.
He became professor of hygiene and natural history in 1832 at the Collège Central des Arts et Manufactures. In 1841, after the death of Audouin, he succeeded him at the chair of entomology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ( MNHN) is the French national Museum of Natural history. In 1862 he succeeded Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in the long-vacant chair of zoology. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ( December 16, 1805 - November 10, 1861) was a French zoologist and an authority on
Much of his original work was published in the Annales des sciences naturelles, with the editorship of which he was associated from 1834. Of his books may be mentioned the Histoire naturelle des Crustacés (3 vols. , 1837-1841), which long remained a standard work; Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, published in 1858-1860, but begun many years before; Leçons sur la physiologie et l'anatomie comparée de l'homme et des animaux (1857-1881), in 14 volumes; and a little work on the elements of zoology, originally published in 1834, but subsequently remodelled, which enjoyed an enormous circulation.
The Royal Society in 1856 awarded him the Copley Medal in recognition of his zoological investigations. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 The Copley Medal is a scientific award for distinguished achievement in any field of Science established by the Royal Society of London in 1731 He died in Paris. His son, Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900), who became professor of ornithology at the museum in 1876, devoted himself especially to fossil birds and deep-sea exploration.
Originally the name Milne was one of the first names of Henri, but, to avoid confusion with his numerous relatives, he added it to his surname Edwards. He usually wrote it as Milne Edwards, while his son Alphonse always used Milne-Edwards. In taxon authorship, the hyphenated name Milne-Edwards is most often used for both father and son.
The name of Henri Milne-Edwards is honored in several names of genera and species, such as :
- Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1841
- Henricia J.E. Gray, 1840
- Glossocephalus milneedwardsi Bovallius, 1887
- Milnesium Doyère, 1840
- Milneedwardsia Bourguignat, 1877
- Goniastria edwardsi Chevalier, 1971
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