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Paul Marais de Beauchamp

Paul Marais de Beauchamp
Born
Charles Alfred Paul Marais de Beauchamp

(1883-03-03)3 March 1883
Died30 January 1977(1977-01-30) (aged 93)
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Paris
AwardsCuvier Prize (1935)
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, Helminthology
InstitutionsUniversity of Strasbourg
Author abbrev. (zoology)Beauchamp

Charles Alfred Paul Marais de Beauchamp (3 March 1883 – 30 January 1977), 5th Baron Soye, was a French zoologist.

Life

Paul Marais de Beauchamp was born in 1883 in Paris as the first son of Etienne Arthur Marais de Beauchamp, office manager of the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, and Elisabeth Nicard, granddaughter of Jean Louis Soye, 1st Baron Soye.[1]

In 1950, he was president of the Zoological Society of France.

Work

Beauchamp specialized in the study of rotifers and turbellarians.

Selected works

Platydemus manokwari, a flatworm species described by Beauchamp

Homages

The genus of freshwater planarians Debeauchampia (currently a synonym of Procerodes) and the genus of land planarians Beauchampius were named after him.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Geneanet. Paul Marais de Beauchamp. Access on May 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Benazzi, Mario (1981). "Debeauchampia anatolica n. gen. n. sp., a retrobursal fresh-water planarian from Turkey". Bolletino di Zoologia. 48 (2): 107–111. doi:10.1080/11250008109439323. ISSN 0373-4137.
  3. ^ Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). "Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae". Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 29: 35–58. Open access icon