Pierre André Latreille
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French zoologist and entomologist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis.
