Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) OD t.8 (1826) - Annales des sciences naturelles - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Je dédie cette espèce à mon excellent ami, M. Audouin.

https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9781472982698_A39484113/preview-9781472982698_A39484113.pdf

Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826 [Syn. Ichthyaetus audouinii]
Jean Victoire Audouin (1797–1841) was a French naturalist, born in Paris, where he studied medicine, pharmacy and natural history. He was appointed assistant at the Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (1825), later becoming Professor of Entomology there (1833). He also wrote a work on the natural history of French coastal waters; Récherches pour Servir à l’Histoire Naturelle du Littoral de la France.

The Key to Scientific Names - Birds of the World

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Prof. Jean Victor Audouin (1797-1841) French entomologist, ornithologist (Ichthyaetus).

Björn recently reported that Mearns & Mearns 2022 have him as:

Jean-Victor Audoin (1797–1841), ... "... French zoologist whose main interest was entomology."

Birth reconstructed Visionneuse - Archives de Paris p. 100 of 100 (Cound't find the more complete record).

Many times it is reported that he died in Paris e.g. in his obituary t.11 (1842) - Annales de la Société entomologique de France - Biodiversity Heritage Library . But this isn't true as he died in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France. There seems a second obituary published 1850 by Milnes Edwards Catalogue de l'histoire de France which I haven't seen.

Death record État civil p. 206 of 246

I couldn't find him in Léonore. Conclusion not Victoire but Victor is the correct name. I assume death year 1847 Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie welche in den periodischen Werken enthalten und vom Jahre 1846-1860 selbständig erschienen sind, mit Einschluss der allgemein-naturgeschichtlichen, periodischen und palaeontologischen Schriften is simply a typo without having seen:

Edwards, H. Milne: Notice sur la vie et les traveaux de J. Victor Audouin. Paris, Bouchard, Huzard, 1851. 8. (8 pag.)

He is also honored in (not birds):

• Audouinia Brongn. OD t.8 (1826) - Annales des sciences naturelles - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Eremiaphila audouini Lefebvre, 1835 But I am not sure if that name was intended by Lefebvre as a new species as it looks more than a new genus with Auoudin as potential author OD t.4 (1835) - Annales de la Société entomologique de France - Biodiversity Heritage Library and plate t.4 (1835) - Annales de la Société entomologique de France - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Microsporum audouinii Gruby 1843 OD t.17 (1843) - Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Audouinella Bory, 1823 OD t.3 (1823) - Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle - Biodiversity Heritage Library (I think correct would be Auduinella)

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[l_raty]

There seems a second obituary published 1850 by Milnes Edwards Catalogue de l'histoire de France which I haven't seen.

The work referenced there seems to be a separate printing of :

Mémoires d'agriculture, d'économie rurale et domestique / publiés par la Société royale d'agriculture de Paris | 1850 | Gallica

(The printer is the same: Mémoires d'agriculture, d'économie rurale et domestique / publiés par la Société royale d'agriculture de Paris | 1850 | Gallica )

'Victoire' is a woman's name. Sometimes you can see a feminine given name among multiple given names given to a man, so I guess it might not be fully inconceivable for a man to be called 'Jean-Victoire', but I strongly doubt this man would then use 'Victoire' as his everyday name.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Just to be clear ... (and to avoid some plausible confusion)

...
Björn recently reported that Mearns & Mearns 2022 have him as:
...

Contrary to what's told in post #1, Mearns & Mearns 2022* has him as:

Jean-Victor Audouin
(1797–1841)

Nothing else.

Mea culpa, my mistake, my slippery fingers ... no blame on the Mearns couple.

I compared this name only to point out the different versions of his (at that point) alleged Given name/s [i.e. "Jean-Victor" in Mearns & Mearns, versus the earlier "Jean Victoire" in the (now, since then, amended) Key].

Sorry if I caused anyone to doubt how his Surname ought to be written.

If he was "one of mine" (which he isn't) I'd go for (the unhyphenated version):
Jean Victor Audouin (1797–1841), ... and onwards, all in line with what's told in today's Key.

Björn

PS. One minor, tiny remark. The Surname of the Author of the "second obituary published 1850 by Milnes Edwards", as told/mentioned in post #1 (and shown in #2) was "M. [Monsieur] Milne-Edwards" (there unfortunately typed/written with hyphen), which ought to be Professor Henri Milne Edwards (1800–1885) [whose name we nowadays usually write unhyphenated]. Not to confuse with his Son (and successor) ProfessorAlphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900)].

However, there's no 's' in the Milne part (on neither one).

/B

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*Biographies for Birdwatchers – The Lives of Those Commemorated in Western Palearctic Bird Names (Revised and expanded edition), by Barbara Mearns and Richard Mearns (662 pages, in two volumes), © 2022.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

One more ...

As well, in Mearns & Mearns (2022) we're also told:

[...]
Victor Audouin was born in Paris on 27 April 1797 and he died in the same city on 9 November 1841, aged only 44. ...

Cheers!

/B

 

[James Jobling]

Don't forget the English birdwatchers' version is always hyphenated, i.e. Ord-Wynne's Gull (compare with Moose-ears Redstart of historic fame!)