Charles Nicholas Aubé was a French

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 physician

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 and entomologist born 6 May 1802 in Paris

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. He died in Crépy

Crépy

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on 15 October 1869.
Aubé studied at the school of pharmacy

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 in Paris, joining in botanical

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 sorties organised by its members and by the Museum.
Gaining his diploma in 1824, he married a sister of Gustave Planche (1808-1857) in 1826.
Commencing studies in medicine in 1829 he gained the title of Doctor in 1836 with a thesis on "la gale" (scabies

Scabies

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).
He was a founding member of the Société Entomologique de France

Société entomologique de France

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 of which he was "Dirigent" or director in 1842 and 1846
He worked on certain groups of Coleoptera  for the publications of Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean

Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean

Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean , was a French entomologist. A soldier of fortune during the Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant General and aide de campe to Napoleon. He amassed vast collections of Coleoptera some even collected on the battlefield at Waterloo...

 (1780-1845).

His collection is currently preserved by the Société Entomologique.

Works

• Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection d’Auguste Dejean (1825-) with Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean
  Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean
  Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean , was a French entomologist. A soldier of fortune during the Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant General and aide de campe to Napoleon. He amassed vast collections of Coleoptera some even collected on the battlefield at Waterloo...
  
  
• Pselaphiorum monographia cum synonymia extricata Magasin de zoologie de Guérin 1833 (Paris)

External links

• Internet Archive Pselaphiorum monographia
• BHL Pselaphiorum monographia cum synonymia extricataParis,1833
• BHL Species général des coléoptères de la collection de m. le comte Dejean Paris, Mequignon-Marvis,1825-38.Volume 1
• BHL Species général des coléoptères de la collection de m. le comte Dejean Paris, Mequignon-Marvis,1825-38.Volumes 2-6