Charles Frédéric Girard
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French zoologist
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Charles Frédéric Girard's Degrees
- Doctorate Zoology Université Paris Cité
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology. Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard University. Three years later, Spencer Fullerton Baird called him to the Smithsonian Institution to work on its growing collection of North American reptiles, amphibians and fishes. He worked at the museum for the next ten years and published numerous papers, many in collaboration with Baird.
Charles Frédéric Girard's Published Works
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- Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution (49)
- Researches upon the cyprinoid species inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States west of the Mississippi valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution (47)
- Descriptions of new species of reptiles, collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Second Part. Including the species of batrachians, exotic to North America (26)
- Characteristics of some cartilaginous fishes of the Pacific coast of North America (25)
- Description of new species of reptiles, collected by the U.S Exploring Expedition under the command of Captain Charles Wilkes, U.S.N (24)
- Descriptions of New Species of Reptiles, Collected by the US Exploring Expedition under the Command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, USN: First Part: Including the Species from the Western Coast of America (23)
- Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the US. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Fourth Part (20)
- Abstract of a report to Lieut (20)
- Descriptions of some new fishes from the River Zuni (12)
- Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the US and Mexican boundary Survey, under Lt. Col. Jas. D. Graham (12)
- Contributions to the Ichthyology of the Western Coast of the United States, from specimens in the msueum of the Smithsonian Institution (12)
- A list of North American bufonids with diagnoses of new species (10)
- Ichthyology of the boundary (8)
- Enumeration of the species of marine fishes, collected at San Francisco, California, by Dr. C. B. R. Kennerly, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. A. W. Whipple (5)
- Contributions to the natural history of the fresh water fishes of North America. By Charles Girard. I. A monograph of the cottoids (3)
- List of reptiles collected in California by Dr. John L. Le Conte, with description of new species (3)
- Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Captains RB Marcy, and Geo. B. M'Clellan (2)
- Traité des dérivés de la houille : applicables a la production des matières colorantes (2)
- Recherches sur les planariés et les némertiens de l'Amérique du Nord / par Charles Girard. (1)
- Bibliography of American natural history for the year 1851 (0)
- Zoology of the boundary (0)
- Reptiles / by Charles Girard (0)
- Contributions to the natural history of the fresh water fishes of North America. By Charles Girard. (0)
- Record Unit 7190 Charles Frederic Girard Papers, circa 1846-1860 and undated (0)
- Contributions to the fauna of Chile / by Charles Girard. (0)
- Notice of a new genus of Cyprinidae (0)
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