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Félix Dujardin
French biologist
Félix Dujardin (5 April 1801 – 8 April 1860) was a French biologist born in Tours. He is remembered for his research on protozoans and other invertebrates.
Biography
In 1840 Dujardin was appointed professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Toulouse, and during the following year was a professor of zoology and botany at Rennes. In regard to his educational background, Dujardin was largely self-taught, the son of a watchmaker.
Dujardin worked with microscopic animal life, and in 1834 proposed that a new group of one-celled organisms be called Rhizopoda. He denied naturalistChristian Gottfried Ehrenberg's theory that microscopic organisms were "complete organisms" similar to higher animals, specifically noting that they had specialized structures unique to single-celled organisms, which meant that the foraminiferan he was studying was not, as his contemporaries believed it to be, a mollusc.[1] In addition to his studies of microscopic life, he did extensive research on invertebrate groups that included echin
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Dujardin, Félix
(b. Tours, France, 5 April 1801; d. Rennes, France, 8 April 1860)
protozoology.
Both Dujardin’s father and grandfather were skilled watchmakers, originally in Lille, and Félix, who for a time trained in the trade, seems to have acquired some of his interests—as well as his remarkable manual dexterity—from them.
With his two brothers, Dujardin attended the classes of the Collège de Tours as a day pupil. He was originally attracted to art, especially drawing and design. His interest in science was apparently first aroused by a surgeon who was a friend of the family and who lent him some books on anatomy and natural history as well as Fourcroy’s Chimie. Chemistry became for a time Dujardin’s chief interest and, using a textbook by Thénard and some basic chemical reagents, he conducted simple experiments at home. Intending to study chemistry in the laboratories of Thénard and Gay-Lussac at Paris, he began to prepare himself for the entrance examination at the École Polytechnique. He persuaded his older brother to join him in these studies—particularly math
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Félix Dujardin facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Félix Dujardin | |
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Painting by his daughter, 1847 | |
| Born | 5 April 1801 (1801-04-05) Tours, France |
| Died | 8 April 1860 (1860-04-09) (aged 59) Rennes, France |
| Known for | protozoans, helminths |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology, Parasitology |
| Institutions | University of Rennes, France |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Dujard. |
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Félix Dujardin (5 April ggg1801 – 8 April 1860) was a French biologist born in Tours. He is remembered for his research on protozoans and other invertebrates.
Biography
In 1840 he was appointed professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Toulouse, and during the following year was a professor of zoology and botany at Rennes. In regard to his educational background, Dujardin was largely self-taught, the son of a watchmaker.
Dujardin worked with microscopic animal life, and in 1834 proposed that a new group of one-celled organisms be cal
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