Jules Pierre Verreaux was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 botanist, ornithologist and professional collector of, and trader in, natural history

Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...

 specimens. He was the brother of Edouard Verreaux

Edouard Verreaux

Jean Baptiste Édouard Verreaux was a French naturalist, collector and dealer. He was the brother of Jules Verreaux.In 1830 Verreaux travelled to South Africa to help his brother pack up a large consignment of specimens. He returned in 1832 before continuing to Sumatra, Java, the Philippines and...

 and nephew of Pierre Antoine Delalande

Pierre Antoine Delalande

Pierre Antoine Delalande was a French naturalist and explorer.Delalande was employed by the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle to collect natural history specimens...

.

Verreaux worked for his family business, Maison Verreaux, established in 1803 by his father, Jacques Philippe Verreaux, at Place des Vosges

Place des Vosges

The Place des Vosges is the oldest planned square in Paris.It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris.- History :...

 in Paris

Paris

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, which was the earliest known company that dealt with objects of natural history. The company funded collection expeditions to various parts of the world. Maison Verreaux was an emporium and dealership in natural history specimens which had, as a frequent client, the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...

 to add to its collections.

Verreaux travelled to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 in 1842 to collect plants. He returned to France in 1851 with a natural history collection reported to contain 15,000 items. In 1864 he took over from Florent Prévost

Florent Prévost

Florent Prévost was a French naturalistPrévost was assistant naturalist at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. He was the author of various zoological works, including Les Pigeons par Madame Knip and, with C. L...

 as assistant naturalist at the Paris Museum.

Verreaux also worked in China

China

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 and South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, where he helped Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith (zoologist)

Sir Andrew Smith KCB was a Scottish surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of Zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.Smith was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire...

 found the South African Museum

Iziko South African Museum

The Iziko SA Museum is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897...

 in Cape Town

Cape Town

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 in 1825.

He is commemorated in the names of Verreaux's Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle , alternatively known as the Black Eagle , is a large bird of prey. This eagle lives in hilly and mountaineous regions of southern and eastern Africa , and very locally in Western Asia.- Description :It is long. Males weigh and females weigh...

 (Aquila verreauxii), Verreaux's Coua

Verreaux's Coua

Verreaux's Coua is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its name commemorates French ornithologist and collector Jules Verreaux.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....

 (Coua verreauxi), Verreaux's Sifaka

Verreaux's Sifaka

Verreaux's sifaka , or white sifaka, is a medium sized primate in one of the lemur families, Indriidae. It lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to western Madagascar dry deciduous forests and dry and spiny forests...

 (Propithecus verreauxi), the White-tipped Dove

White-tipped Dove

The White-tipped Dove is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from the southernmost Texas in the USA through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago...

 (Leptotila verreauxi) and the Golden Parrotbill

Golden Parrotbill

The Golden Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

(Paradoxornis verreauxi).