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'''Émile Maupas''' (born 2 July 1842 in [[Vaudry]], died 18 October 1916 in [[Algiers]]) was a French [[librarian]], [[zoologist]] and [[botanist]].
'''Émile Maupas''' (born 2 July 1842 in [[Vaudry]], died 18 October 1916 in [[Algiers]]) was a French [[librarian]], [[zoologist]] and [[botanist]].


A student at the [[École des chartes]], he later worked as a [[paleography|paleographic]] archivist (from 1867). In 1890 he was named administrative conservateur at the ''Bibliothéque nationale d'Alger''.<ref name=ID>[http://www.idref.fr/156658380 IDREF.fr] bibliography</ref> He was a corresponent member of the ''[[Académie des Sciences]]''.<ref name=PR>[http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=1836 Prosopo] Sociétés savantes de France</ref>
A student at the [[École des chartes]], he later worked as an archivist (from 1867). In 1890 he was named at the ''Bibliothèque nationale d'Alger''.<ref name=ID>[http://www.idref.fr/156658380 IDREF.fr] bibliography</ref> He was a corresponent member of the ''[[Académie des Sciences]]''.<ref name=PR>[http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=1836 Prosopo] Sociétés savantes de France</ref>


Maupas first described ''[[Caenorhabditis elegans]]'' in 1900 and isolated it from soil in Algeria.<ref>{{Cite journal
Maupas first described ''[[Caenorhabditis elegans]]'' in 1900 and isolated it from soil in Algeria.<ref>{{Cite journal
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Émile Maupas (born 2 July 1842 in Vaudry, died 18 October 1916 in Algiers) was a French librarian, zoologist and botanist.

A student at the École des chartes, he later worked as an archivist (from 1867). In 1890 he was named at the Bibliothèque nationale d'Alger.[1] He was a corresponent member of the Académie des Sciences.[2]

Maupas first described Caenorhabditis elegans in 1900 and isolated it from soil in Algeria.[3] The annelid genus Maupasia is named after him, as is the ascarid genus Maupasiella [4] (synonym Maupasina Seurat, 1913).[5]

Associated published works

He was the author of "Description physique de la République Argentine : d'après des observations personnelles et étrangères", a French translation of Hermann Burmeister's book on the Argentine Republic.[1] Other written efforts by Maupas include:

  • Essai sur la législation des guerres féodales, thèse École des Chartes, 1867.[2]
  • Un nouveau Rhabditis; Sur un champignon parasite des Rhabditis (A new Rhabditis; about a parasite of mushrooms) with René Maire, 1915.[1]
    • Works about Émile Maupas:
  • Inauguration de la plaque commémorative apposée sur la maison habitée par Emile Maupas à Alger, le mercredi 6 avril 1932, by Maurice Caullery; Académie des sciences (France). Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1937.
  • Emile Maupas : prince des protozologistes, by Edmond Sergent, Alger : Institut Pasteur d'Alger, 1955.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c IDREF.fr bibliography
  2. ^ a b Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
  3. ^ Maupas, Émile (1900). "Modes et formes de reproduction des nematodes". Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 8: 463–624. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  4. ^ Petymol Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. M
  5. ^ GBIF Maupasiella
  6. ^ WorldCat Search publications
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Maupas.

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