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Audouin was born in Paris and studied medicine. In 1824 he was appointed assistant to Pierre André Latreille as Professor of Entomology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, and succeeded him in 1833. In 1838 he became a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

His principal work, Histoire des insectes nuisibles à la vigne ( 1842Events February 21 John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine. March 5 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution), was completed after his death by Henri Milne-EdwardsHenri Milne-Edwards ( October 23, 1800 July 29, 1885) was an eminent French zoologist. Milne-Edwards, was the 27th child of an English father Wiliam Edwards and a French mother Elisabeth Vaux. He was born in Bruges, now in Belgium, but then part of the ne and Emile Blanchard . His papers mostly appeared in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles, which, with Adolphe Theodore BrongniartAdolphe Theodore Brongniart ( January 14, 1801 February 18, 1876) was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Brogniart's pioneering work on the relationships be and Jean-Baptiste DumasJean Baptiste Andre Dumas ( July 14, 1800 April 10, 1884), French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) by measuring vapor densities. Dumas studies in G, he founded in 1824, and in the proceedings of the Société Entomologique de France, of which he was one of the founders in 1832Events February 12 Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands February 12 serious cholera epidemic begins in London from the East London. It is declared officially over in early May but deaths continue. At least 3000 victims March 24 In Hiram, Ohio a group of.

Audouin also contributed to other branches of natural history. He co-authored the Dictionaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle ( 1822Events March 30 Florida becomes a United States territory. May 24 Battle of Pichincha: Simon Bolivar secures the independence of Quito. June 14 Charles Babbage proposes a Difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the) and collaborated with Milne-Edwards in a study of marine animals in French inshore waters. He also completed Marie Jules César SavignyMarie Jules Cesar Lelorgne de Savigny ( April 5, 1777 October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. Savigny was born at Provins. In 1798 he travelled to Egypt as part of the French scientific expedition to that country, and contributed to the publication of th's ornithological section of Description de l'Egypte ( 1826).

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