Pierre Boitard
Template:Short description Pierre Boitard (27 April 1787 Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire – 25 August 1859) was a French botanist and geologist. Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".
As well as describing and classifying the Tasmanian devil, he is notable for his fictional natural history Paris avant les hommes (Paris Before Man), published posthumously in 1861, which described a prehistoric ape-like human ancestor living in the region of Paris. He also wrote Curiosités d'histoire naturelle et astronomie amusante, Réalités fantastiques, Voyages dans les planètes, Manuel du naturaliste préparateur ou l’art d’empailler les animaux et de conserver les végétaux et les minéraux, Manuel d'entomologie etc.
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References
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External links
- Stephen Trussel, "Paris Before Man"
- Gallica Digitised texts
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- Pierre Boitard on The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction