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René Lesson
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French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist (1794-1849)
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René Primevère Lesson (1794–1849) was a French physician, explorer, zoologist, and ornithologist. Born and died in Rochefort, he was a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine and a recipient of the Legion of Honour. His primary fields of work included medicine and ornithology, and he wrote in French for the *Revue des Deux Mondes*.
Lesson’s notable works include *Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes*, *Manuel de Mammalogie*, *Voyage Autour du Monde*, and *Trochilidées Ou les Colibris et les Oiseaux-Mouches*. He was the brother of Pierre Adolphe Lesson and the spouse of Marie Clémence Lesson.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
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Top works
- Trochilidées Ou les Colibris et les Oiseaux-Mouches...
- Histoire, Archéologie et lègendes [Sic] des Marches de la Saintonge, Faisant Suite Aux Lettres Santonnes et Aux Fastes Historiques
- Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes
- Manuel de Mammalogie
- Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,721x
- Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 11,555x
- The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2009 · cited 10,408x
- Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer
· 2002 · cited 7,506x
- Effects of radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide versus radiotherapy alone on survival in glioblastoma in a randomised phase III study: 5-year analysis of the EORTC-NCIC trial
· 2009 · cited 6,601x
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Encyclopedic overview
Portrait of Lesson by Tardieu (1827) René Primevère Lesson ( French pronunciation: [ʁəne pʁimvɛʁ lɛsɔ̃]; 20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.
Biography
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