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Joannes Charles Melchior (Joannes) Chatin

1847–1912

French zoologist, anatomist, and comparative physiologist. Doctor of medicine, 1871; of natural sciences, 1873. Lecturer in botany at the École supérieure de pharmacie, 1874–6. Worked in Henri Milne-Edwards’s laboratory, 1875–7. Lecturer in zoology, anatomy, and comparative physiology at the Sorbonne, 1877–8; assistant professor, 1886; professor of histology, 1899–1912.

Sources

DBF

Le comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, http://cths.fr/an/societe.php?id=506 (accessed 6 December 2016)

Bibliography

DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.

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