Charles Alexandre Lesueur - Knowledge (XXG)

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came to spend five months there in 1832–1833. Prince Maximilian said of Lesueur, "He had explored the country in many directions, was acquainted with everything remarkable, collected and prepared all interesting objects, and had already sent considerable collections to France." Indeed, Lesueur sent

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In March 1846, Lesueur was appointed curator of the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle du Havre. Nine months later, he died suddenly (12 December 1846) and was buried at Le Havre. In the 1900s, his work was finally published by the museum, totaling over 60 books, including reports of his zoological,

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Charles Alexandre Lesueur was born on January 1, 1778, to Jean-Baptiste Denis Lesueur and Charlotte Thieullent. Charlotte died when Charles was sixteen years old, and Charles' maternal grandmother took care of him and his siblings. Charles attended the

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. Characters of a new genus, and descriptions of three new species upon which it is formed; discovered in the Atlantic ocean, in the months of March and April, 1816.

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Collins, A. G.; Jarms, G.; Morandini, A. C. (2019). World List of Scyphozoa. Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri Goy, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at:

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Between May 1816 and early 1837, he lived and traveled widely in the United States, particularly in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri. He was elected a member of the

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of frog, two species of lizards, and a species of jellyfish were named in honour of Lesueur (the last also honoring François Péron, also of the Baudin expedition):

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du Havre and possibly the Ecole publique des mathématiques et d'hydrographie. He was in military service in a cadet battalion at age fifteen and was in the

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specimens of unique fish, animals, and fossils, as well as artifacts he had dug from the Indian Mounds in New Harmony, back to France, where they remain.

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Charles-Alexandre Lesueur in Philadelphia: His remarkable contributions to natural history and scientific illustration. Arts and Scoences Vol 4 n3 (2020)

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of Lesueur. The original hangs in the reading room of the Ewell Sale Stewart Library in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

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of Le Havre from 1797 to 1799. He joined the French Marines or Navy but was discharged for medical reasons. He then joined

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geological, historical, and archaeological research, as well as studies of his life. Pictured here is the

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The Lesueur Collection of American Sketches in the Museum of Natural History at Havre, Seine-Inferieure

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Molluscs and Zoophytes, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, from Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands 1807

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. A new genus of Fishes, of the order Abdominales, proposed, under the name of

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. A new genus of Fishes, of the order Abdominales, proposed, under the name of

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. An account of an American species of Tortoise, not noticed in the systems.

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1818. Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. Part 2.

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1818. Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. Part 1.

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. Descriptions of four new species, and two varieties, of the genus

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http://www.museum-lehavre.fr/fr/collections/ca-lesueur/lesueur-peintre-voyageur

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Graptemys geographica Lesueur (Map turtle, first described by Lesueur)

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1818. Description of several new species of the genus

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. Descriptions of three new species of the genus

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Die zoologische Buchillustration. Ihre Bibliographie und Geschichte.

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1818. Observations on a new genus of fossil shells.

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. Observations on several species of the genus

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. Descriptions of two new species of the genus

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. Descriptions of six new Species of the genus

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when the erstwhile appointed artists disembarked in France. With

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Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre (Lesueur, peintre voyageur)

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1817. Descriptions of a new species of the genus

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The American Sketchbooks of Charles Alexandre Lesueur, 1816–1837

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Le Sueur, C. A. 1823. Descriptions of several new species of

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The Great Traveller Charles Alexandre Lesueur in the Forest

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Lesueur returned to France in 1837, only after his friends

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