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584: 601: 36: 115: 262:, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributions included his multi-volume natural histories of arachnids and insects, some published in collaboration with others. He was made a baron in 1823. 665: 680: 65: 395: 230: 670: 705: 17: 700: 675: 650: 337: 295: 168: 456:"A persistent case of mistaken identity: Charles A. Walckenaer's collection of spider drawings by John Abbot is in Paris, not London" 274:
and after losing his parents at an early age he was raised by his uncle Charles-Nicolas Duclos Dufresnoy, a notary in the court of
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for being associated with the regime. In 1793 Walckenaer was appointed head of the military transports in the
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Walckenaer married a relative Joséphine Marie Jeanne Antoinette Marcotte de Pyn (1776-1849) in 1794.
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in 1823. He was dismissed in 1830 from his government position and he spent his time in studies.
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Faune parisienne, insectes, ou, Histoire abrégée des insectes des environs de Paris
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Walckenaer introduced the full biography according to the English model into
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He was a keen entomologist and arachnologist and one of the founders of the
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In 1839 he was appointed conservator for the Department of Maps at the
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Illegitimate son of Charles-Nicolas Duclos du Fresnoy (father)
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Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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Mémoires touchent la vie et les écrits de Mme de Sevigné
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to its current genus and discovered multiple species of
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Géographie ancienne, historique et comparée des Gaules
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in Paris and secretary-general of the prefect of the
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He was elected member of the 691:19th-century French zoologists 686:18th-century French zoologists 593:Spider Drawings by John Abbot 517: 478: 447: 424: 13: 1: 503:10.1080/03085694.2023.2226951 417: 408:Histoire gĂ©nĂ©rale des voyages 238:Author abbrev. (zoology) 265: 18:Charles Athanasie Walckenaer 7: 256:Charles Athanase Walckenaer 10: 722: 661:École Polytechnique alumni 485:Edney, Matthew H. (2023). 460:The Journal of Arachnology 410:(21 vols., 1826–1831) and 542:10.1080/03085695908592152 454:Calhoun, John V. (2019). 379:(1840; new ed. 1858) and 322:1816–1825. 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University of Oxford
University of Glasgow
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
École polytechnique
La Fontaine
Royal Library of France
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Author abbrev. (zoology)
civil servant
Paris
Louis XVI
Oxford
Glasgow
French Revolution
Pyrenees
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
École polytechnique
Institut de France
mayor
5th arrondissement
Seine

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