Eugène Simon
Eugène Simon
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| Eugène Simon | |
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 Portrait by Nadar | |
| Born | (1848-04-30)April 30, 1848 |
| Died | November 17, 1924(1924-11-17) (aged 76) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
Eugène Louis Simon (30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species.[1]
Contents
1 Work on spiders
2 Work on birds
3 Work on plants
4 References
5 External links
Work on spiders[edit]
His most significant work was Histoire Naturelle des Araignées (1892-1903), an encyclopedic treatment of the spider genera of the world. It was published in two volumes of more than 1000 pages each, and the same number of drawings by Simon. Working at the
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it took Simon 11 years to complete, while working at the same time on devising a taxonomic scheme that embraced the known taxa.[2] Simon described a total of 4,650 species, and as of 2013 about 3,790 species are still considered valid.[1] The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement.[3]
Work on birds[edit]
He also had an interest in hummingbirds. He described several species and races as well as creating the genera Anopetia, Stephanoxis, Haplophaedia and Taphrolesbia. He is commemorated by race simoni of the swallow-tailed hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura). His seminal work on hummingbirds was Histoire Naturelle des Trochilidae in 1921.
Work on plants[edit]
The standard author abbreviation Simon is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
Simon's contributions to botany formed a relatively minor part of his work, and he should not be confounded with the French botanist Eugène Ernest Simon (1871–1967), abbreviation E.Simon.[5]
References[edit]
^ ab Platnick, Norman I.; Raven, Robert J. (2013). "Spider Systematics: Past and Future". Zootaxa. 3683 (5): 595. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3683.5.8..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "A History of Scientific Endeavour in South Africa" - A. C. Brown (1977)
^ International Society for Arachnology
^ IPNI. Simon.
^ Stafleu, F.A.; Cowan, R.S. (1976–1988). "Eugène Simon [Ernest] (1871–1967)". Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Second Edition. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema and Holkema; Available online through Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
External links[edit]
Works by or about Eugène Simon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Works by or about Eugène Simon at Internet Archive
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Categories:
- French arachnologists
- French entomologists
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- 1848 births
- 1924 deaths
- Employees of the National Museum of Natural History (France)
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