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Jean Baptiste Boisduval

French physician, entomologist (lepidopterist) and botanist (1799–1879).

Born June 17th, 1801 in Ticheville. [ref]

Died December 30th, 1879 at 78 years old in Ticheville.

Occupations
biologist, botanical collector, botanist, entomologist, lepidopterist, naturalist, physician, scientific collector, zoological collector

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel