Biography from J.B.D. Dumont. (1 Viewer)

Dear all,

Looking for a biography, but can't get hold on it. Could some-one help me in this?
VINSON J. (1944). Dumont, Jean-Baptiste-Désiré. Dictionnaire de biographie mauricienne, 14, p. 424.

I would be very pleased,

Justin

Justin,

Sorry, I can´t help you on this one. I can´t get my hand on it either ...

I guess we have to rely on any of our North American friends with access to that volume on: http://books.google.se/books?id=qx8OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA414&dq=1944+Dictionnaire+de+biographie+mauricienne,+14,&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=09J8UpiZBeWg7Aa4m4GgAQ&redir_esc=y

In any case ... Good luck!

PS. Please don´t tell me you´ve found a crack in the explenation of the eponym Mino dumontii?!

PPS. I don´t know if you have or if Cheke's article from 2009 (2010) is of any interest to you? In any case; attached as pdf.

This is still under copyright, hence America won't have access either, I'm afraid.
Justin, if you're to go to Paris soon (from other threads, I think I understand you are), you might want to try there: http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/Geneamau/message/6993

Gr, Laurent -

@Laurent, I surely will, thanks.
@Bjorn, thanks.

JustinJansen said:

VINSON J. (1944). Dumont, Jean-Baptiste-Désiré. Dictionnaire de biographie mauricienne, 14, p. 424.

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Excellent!

Thanks a million! Justin

Calalp said:

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PS. Please don´t tell me you´ve found a crack in the explenation of the eponym Mino dumontii?! ...

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Justin ... or did you!?

Björn,

Although he doesn't explain anything in the original description, Lesson is fully explicit about the derivation of his Mino dumontii in "Voyage de la Coquille":

Nous avons dédié cet oiseau à M. Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix notre beau-père, connu par plusieurs ouvrages de jurisprudence, et auteur de la partie ornithologique du Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles publié par M. Levrault.

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= We have dedicated this bird to Mr Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix our father-in-law, known for several works on jurisprudence, and author of the ornithological part of the Dictionary of natural sciences published by Mr Levrault.

It would be pretty hard to go against this type of statement, written by the author himself...

Calalp said:

Justin ... or did you!?

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No Dumont was part of the Baudin expedition, and partial a crew member. Therefore I needed the information.

Thanks guys!

Justin, I thought so, but I just wanted to make sure. You had me stressed up there for a while ... I thought my text on Dumont was closed. And it was, but ...

... Laurent, your addition on Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix and "his" Mino dumontii, made it even better! And I agree, its quite hard to dispute Lesson's own words, I wish all Authors would be that clear.

Cheers!

Dickinson, E. C., M. D. Bruce & N. David, 2015. A review of the authorship and dates of publication of birds newly described from the ʺVoyage de la Coquilleʺ (1822‐1825) with comments on some spellings. Zoological Bibliography 3(5): pp.69-162. (here)

On page 82 we again find Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte Croix (1758–1830), father-in-law to Lesson, and one of the editors of Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, commemorated in the Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii LESSON 1827.

For some reason James still hesitate? Today's HBW Alive Key only tells us:

dumontii
Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte Croix (d. 1830) French jurisprudent, ornithologist, father-in-law of René Lesson (Mino).

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And by the why, while I´m at it; his daughter was the French zoological illustrator Marie Clémence Lesson née Dumont de Sainte Croix (1800–1834), second wife of René Primevère Lesson (1794–1849), whom she married in 1827. She illustrated for her husband, in (for example) Oiseaux-mouches 1828-30 and Oiseaux de Paradis 1834-35. She also illustrated for Charles Bélanger, Louis Isidore Duperrey, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot ... etc.

At least if we´re to trust Universität Stuttgart's DSI (Database of Scientific Illustrators, 1450-1950), here.

She´s commemorated in (for example) clemenciae & clementiae as in:
• Blue-throated Hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae LESSON 1830 as "Ornismya Clemenciæ" (here, here and Plate, here)
• the subspecies (Nectarinia) Cinnyris jugularis clementiae LESSON 1827 (here) as "Cinnyris Clementiæ" a k a Soui-manga de Clémence

Today's HBW Alive Key:

clemenciae
Marie Clémence Lesson née Dumont de Sainte Croix (1800-1834) French botanical illustrator, second wife of naturalist René Lesson (Lampornis, syn. Mino anais).

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clementiae
Marie Clémence Lesson née Dumont de Sainte Croix (d. 1834) French botanical illustrator, second wife of naturalist René Lesson (subsp. Cinnyris jugularis, syn. Mino anais).

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For what it´s worth, and if of any use (in this somewhat "old" thread)?

Björn

PS. Mrs. Lesson have also been dealt with in the earlier threads: Ceciliae and cecilae and Some doubts on Prévost.
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