Léon Becker
Léon Becker (1826 – 27 January 1909) was a Belgian botanist, painter, naturalist, and arachnologist.
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Léon Becker
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- Born
- 1826
- Birthplace
- Brussels, Belgium
- Died
- 27 January 1909
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- botanist · naturalist · arachnologist · painter · scientific illustrator
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Léon Becker (1826 – 27 January 1909) was a Belgian botanist, painter, naturalist, and arachnologist.
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• Born — 1826 • Birthplace — Brussels, Belgium • Died — 27 January 1909 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Notable Works — Les Arachnides de Belgique
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From a young age, he became passionate about entomology, with a particular interest in arachnology. He is the author of the first studies on Belgian spiders. Between 1882 and 1896, he published four volumes entitled Les Arachnides de Belgique, which he illustrated himself. His lithographs are of very high quality. He also studied Dutch, German, Moldavian, and Hungarian fauna. • Illustration — Painting by Léon Becker (1884), exhibited at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, representing the mounting of the first iguanodon of Bernissart in the St. George Chapel in Brussels in 1882.
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Leon Becker signature Becker, Leon. 1882. Les arachnides de Belgique t.12:ptie2-3 [planches] (1896),
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1826
Léon Becker was born in 1826 at Brussels.
1909
Léon Becker died in 1909 at Brussels metropolitan area.
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Léon Becker is recorded as botanist, naturalist, arachnologist, painter and scientific illustrator.
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