Louis Pierre Vieillot
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Louis Pierre Vieillot was a French ornithologist known for his pioneering work in classifying and describing numerous bird species in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| L. P. Vieillot | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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ornithologist ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | early modern bird nomenclature ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1748-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1830-08-24 ⓘ |
| describedTaxon |
many North American bird species
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many South American bird species ⓘ numerous passerine birds ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Enlightenment
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Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ornithology
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zoology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Vieillot ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Louis
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Pierre ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| influenced | later 19th-century ornithologists ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Louis Pierre Vieillot
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surface form:
L. P. Vieillot
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| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
describing numerous new bird species
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early use of life histories in bird descriptions ⓘ pioneering work in bird classification ⓘ systematic treatment of bird plumage changes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
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surface form:
Galerie des oiseaux
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique Septentrionale ⓘ Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle ⓘ |
| occupation |
naturalist
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ornithologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy
Yvetot ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Rouen ⓘ |
| studied | life histories of birds ⓘ |
| taxonNameAuthorAbbreviation | Vieillot ⓘ |
| usedTaxonomicSystem |
Systema Naturae
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surface form:
Linnaean system
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| workedOn |
classification of birds
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description of new bird genera ⓘ description of new bird species ⓘ |
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L. P. Vieillot