Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière

Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière
Born 8 July 1854
Avignon, France
Died 13 January 1942
Marseille, France
Nationality French
Fields malacology, entomology
Institutions Faculté des Sciences at Marseille, Muséum d'histoire naturelle at Marseille
Known for Work on opisthobranch gastropods

Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière (8 July 1854, Avignon 13 January 1942, Marseille) was a French scientist, a biologist, specifically a malacologist and entomologist, i.e. someone who studies mollusks, and insects. Within the Mollusca, Vayssière specialized in sea slugs and bubble snails, i.e. marine opisthobranch gastropods. He made significant contributions towards a better understanding of the general biology, phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and ecological distribution of the group.[1]

From 1873 to 1883, Vayssière served as a préparateur to the Faculté des Sciences at Marseille, where afterwards he was maître de conférences (lecturer).[2] He later served as a professor of zoology, and in 1915 he was appointed director of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle at Marseille.[3]

Vayssière was also interested in entomology, in particular, the field of agricultural entomology.[1]

Selected works

Vayssière also made contributions to the publications Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 (scientific editors, Alphonse Milne-Edwards and Edmond Perrier) and Expédition antarctique française 1903-1905 (directors, Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Louis Joubin).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Scientific Exploration in the Mediterranean Region Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna: Historical and Phylogenetic Perspectives PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Volume 59, Supplement I, No. 8, pp. 117–137, 9 figs.
  2. Google Books Qui êtes-vous?: Annuaire des contemporains; notices biographiques, Volume 3
  3. 1 2 IDREF.fr bibliography
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