Henri Fabre
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Jean-Henri Fabre (December 22 1823 - October 11 1915) was a French observer and author. Although he was a teacher, physicist, and botanist. He is best known for his contributions to entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology.
Jean-Henri Fabre is well known on insect history, especially volumes of "Souvenirs Entomoligiques", he was an observer of insect. He combined his observations in his book that made his book popular, because of his special writing style. He was elected to scientific societies, and even the President of France visit him. Fabre detailed the behave of species of Copris, "Scarabaeus (Scarabaeinae), and Geotrupes (Geotrupidae)" in volume five and six. In volume eight he followed the life style of Cetonia, Oxythrea, and Protaetia (Cetoniinae) which are species.
He wrote many articles on the subject during his life, known as the "Souvenirs Entomologiques." "Fabre's influence is felt in the later works of fellow naturalist Charles Darwin. Fabre, however, was against the idea of evolution."
When Charles Darwin wrote his article on natural selection he cited the works of the Jean-Henri Fabre. Fabre's specialty was the anatomy and behavior of insects, especially "of wasps and bees (the order Hymenoptera), beetles (Coleoptera), and grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera)."
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