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Pierre Belon

Pierre Belon was a French naturalist, writer, zoologist, physician, botanist and diplomat (1517–1564). He was born at Cérans-Foulletourte and died at Paris.

Also recorded as Pierre Belon du Mans; Petrus Bellonius Cenomanus.

Overview

Born at Cérans-Foulletourte in 1517, died at Paris in 1564.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Pierre Belon du Mans and Petrus Bellonius Cenomanus. His recorded languages were French and Latin.

Catalogued works

43 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1551 to 2004. The first 12 are listed here.

Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables. L’histoire naturelle des estranges poissons marins. Historiæ animalivm ... Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber IV : qui est De piscium & aquatilium animantium natura : cum iconibus singulorum ad viuum expressis ferè omnibus DCCXII. L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, et naïfs portraicts retirez du naturel. Les observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables, trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Égypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges, rédigées en trois livres. De neglecta stirpium cultura, atque earum cognitione libellus. Les observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables. Exoticorvm libri decem. P. Bellonii Cenomani De arboribus coniferis, resiniferis. Les remonstrances svr le defavlt dv labovr & culture des plantes, & de la cognoissance d'icelles. Portraits d'oyseaux, animaux, serpens, herbes, arbres, hommes et femmes, d'Arabie & Egypte.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Pierre Belon, Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900. 1 L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux von Pierre Belon, 'L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux' von Pierre Belon, 2025. A la memoire de Pierre Belon, du Mans, 1517-1564, 1885. L'histoire naturelle des estranges poissons marins, avec la vraie peincture & description du daulphin, & de plusieurs autres de son espece / obseruee par Pierre Belon du Mans., 1551.

In detail

Pierre Belon studied at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. the recorded working language is French and Latin.

The field of work recorded is biology.

Chronology

  1. 1517Pierre Belon born at Cérans-Foulletourte.
  2. 1564Pierre Belon died at Paris.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Pierre Belon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q445560: Pierre Belon

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