Édouard Lefèvre

French botanist and entomologist (1839–1894)

Édouard Lefèvre


Born	Édouard Aimable Edmond Lefèvre 22 January 1839 Chartres
Died	17 June 1894 (aged 55) Paris
Occupation	Entomologist, botanist, civil servant
Position held	president of the Société entomologique de France (1884–1885), president of the Société entomologique de France (1893–1894)

Édouard Lefèvre (22 January 1839 – 17 June 1894) was a French botanist and later entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1869, and twice served as president of the society in 1884 and 1893.

He was a civil servant.

The standard author abbreviation E. Lefèvre is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ International Plant Names Index. E. Lefèvre.

Fairmaire, L. (1895). "Notice nécrologique sur Edouard Lefèvre". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 64: 121–126.
Constantin, R. 1992: Memorial des Coléopteristes Français. Bull. liaison Assoc. Col. reg. parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14)
Lhoste, J. 1987: Les entomologistes français. 1750 - 1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris : 1-355 78-79
Musgrave, A. 1932: Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775 - 1930. Sydney