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Mathurin Jacques Brisson
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French zoologist and natural philosopher
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1723-04-30 ) 30 April 1723, Fontenay-le-Comte , France
- Died
- 23 June 1806 (1806-06-23) (aged 83), Croissy-sur-Seine , France
- Known for
- Ornithologie
- Awards
- Academy of Sciences
- Fields
- Zoology , ornithology , entomology
- Institutions
- College of Navarre , Paris
- Author abbrev botany
- Briss.
- Author abbrev zoology
- Brisson
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Fontenay-le-Comte
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Educated at
- University of Poitiers
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Brisson Mathurin Jacques 1723-1806.png
- Work location
- Paris
- Residence
- France
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- date of birth
- 1723-04-30
- date of death
- 1806-06-23
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- author citation (zoology)
- Brisson
- name in native language
- Mathurin Jacques Brisson
- Commons category
- Mathurin Jacques Brisson
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Mathurin Jacques Brisson ( French pronunciation: [matyʁɛ̃ ʒak bʁisɔ̃]; 30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher.
Brisson was born on 30 April 1723 at Fontenay-le-Comte in the Vendée department of western France. His parents wished him to take ecclesiastic orders, but in 1747, he abandoned his studies, and from 1749, was employed by the wealthy French naturalist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur as the curator of a large private collection of objects related to natural history that de Réaumur kept at his ancestral home at Réaumur in the Vendée.
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