Julien François Desjardins

1799–1840

  Natural historian . Born in Mauritius, he studied in Paris at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. He returned to Mauritius and established a colonial museum in 1826 and a natural history society in 1829, to which he served as secretary.

Sources: DBF

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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 6