Marie Firmin Bocourt
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Marie Firmin Bocourt was a French
zoologist and artist
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In zoology, Bocourt collaborated with Auguste Duméril
. In 1861, he was sent to Thailand
(then called Siam), where he explored the fauna and brought back an important collection of specimens. In 1870 he published together with Duméril the Études sur les reptiles et les batraciens ("Studies on reptiles and amphibians"). In 1883, he published Études sur les poissons ("Studies on fishes") with Léon Vaillant
.
As an artist, he specialized in engraving
s, doing portraits of contemporary people as well as zoological illustrations.
France
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zoologist and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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In zoology, Bocourt collaborated with Auguste Duméril
Auguste Duméril
Auguste Henri André Duméril was a French zoologist. He was professor of Herpetology and Ichthyology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1857. His father André Marie Constant Duméril was also a zoologist...
. In 1861, he was sent to Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
(then called Siam), where he explored the fauna and brought back an important collection of specimens. In 1870 he published together with Duméril the Études sur les reptiles et les batraciens ("Studies on reptiles and amphibians"). In 1883, he published Études sur les poissons ("Studies on fishes") with Léon Vaillant
Léon Vaillant
Léon Louis Vaillant was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology...
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As an artist, he specialized in engraving
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
s, doing portraits of contemporary people as well as zoological illustrations.