Léon Bertin
Léon Bertin (8 April 1896, Paris – 5 February 1956, Saint-Amand-de-Vendôme) was a French zoologist. He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and died in the Loir-et-Cher Department of France, in a car accident.
Also recorded as Leon Bertin
Léon Bertin
- Born
- 1896 · 14th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1956 · Saint-Amand-Longpré.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- zoologist · ichthyologist · illustrator
- Education
- École Normale Supérieure
- Languages
- French
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Biography
Biography
From 1914, Bertin studied at the École normale supérieure. He was granted his licence en sciences in 1917, and his agrégation in 1920. In 1925, he received his doctorate with a thesis entitled Recherches bionomiques, biométriques et systématiques sur les épinoches (Gastérostéidés) ("Bionomic, biometric and systematic research on sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae)". Bertin studied under Alfred Lacroix (1863 – 1948) in the Geology Laboratories of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and studied invertebrates under Louis Eugène Bouvier (1856 – 1944). In 1938, after working as a lab assistant at the Faculty of Science, he moved to the Herpetology Laboratory of the Museum, working for Louis Roule (1861 – 1942), who was followed by Jacques Pellegrin (1873 – 1944) on his retirement. In 1949 he was President of the French Zoological Society.
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The birthplace of Léon Bertin is recorded as Paris by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Paris, 14 e arrondissement (France) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The death is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Taxon described by him
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Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Bertin died in 1956 at Saint-Amand-Longpré. Institutional cataloguing adds that léon Bertin was born in 1896 at 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Léon Bertin, a zoologist and illustrator, was born on 8 April 1896 and died on 5 February 1956 in Saint-Amand-de-Vendôme (aujourd'hui Saint-Amand-Longpré, Loir-et-Cher).
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14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Saint-Amand-Longpré.
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Publications
Bertin is most remembered as the author of the 1921 work L’Atlas des poissons marins, Regards sur la nature et ses mystères, La systématique et la biologie des épinoches ("Atlas of Marine Fish, Detailing their Habits and Mysteries, The Life Cycle and Biology of Sticklebacks"). He specialised in deepwater fauna. Other works include: • New editions 1980 and 1998. • Reissued 1930. • New edition 1979. • New edition 1979. * • New edition 1951. • New edition 1946. * * * * * * * *
Taxon named in his honor
The thread eel Serrivomer bertini is named after him.
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