Adolphe-Simon Neboux
Adolphe-Simon Neboux | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 February 1805 |
| Died | 5 September 1885 (aged 80) Paris |
| Known for | Description of new species of birds |
| Awards | Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, Scientific name of the blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii). |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, ornithology |
| Workplaces | Frigate Vénus, Galápagos Islands |
Adolphe-Simon Neboux (1806–1885)[1] was a French surgeon and naturalist who accompanied the frigate Vénus under command of Admiral Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars between the years 1836 and 1839,[2] visiting the Pacific coastline of North America and the Galápagos Islands.
Among species he described are the swallow-tailed gull and the white-capped fruit-dove. In the Galapagos, he collected specimens of the Galápagos dove, Galápagos martin, medium ground finch and the common cactus finch — these specimens were later presented to the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in 1839.[3] He is honoured in the scientific name of the blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) and the white-naped squirrel (Sciurus nebouxii).
Works associated with Adolphe-Simon Neboux
- Description d'oiseaux nouveaux recueillis pendant l'expedition de la Venus. (1840), Revue Zoologique 3 : 289–291.[3]
- Les journaux de bord du "chirurgien naviguan" Adolphe-Simon Neboux (author: Claudine Rigaudeau-Privat, ed. Jean-Pierre Kernéis), Université de Nantes, (1978).[4]
References
- ↑ "NEBOUX, Adolphe Simon". National Archives of France.
- ↑ Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries List of Botanists
- 1 2 Archive.org Full text of "Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)"
- ↑ SUDOC Les journaux de bord du "chirurgien naviguan" Adolphe-Simon Neboux