Francois Victor Massena, 2nd Duke of Rivoli
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François Victor Masséna, 2nd Duke of Rivoli and 3rd Prince of Essling (April 2, 1799 - April 16, 1863) was an amateur ornithologist. He was the son of André Masséna
, Marshal of France
.
Masséna accumulated a large bird collection of 12,500 specimens, which he sold to Dr Thomas Bellerby Wilson
in 1846. Wilson gave the collection to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Massena described a number of new parrots with his nephew Charles de Souancé
, including the Green-cheeked Parakeet
.
In 1823 he married Anna Massena, Duchess of Rivoli
and they had four children. Anna's Hummingbird was named for her.
André Masséna
André Masséna 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d'Essling was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....
, Marshal of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Masséna accumulated a large bird collection of 12,500 specimens, which he sold to Dr Thomas Bellerby Wilson
Thomas Bellerby Wilson
Thomas Bellerby Wilson was an American naturalist.Wilson was educated first at a Quaker school in Philadelphia , then in Darlington, England, and then at the University of Paris, France and Trinity College in Ireland...
in 1846. Wilson gave the collection to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Massena described a number of new parrots with his nephew Charles de Souancé
Charles de Souancé
Charles de Souancé was a French ornithologist and a purser in the French Navy, more precisely "Commissaire de la Marine". He made many studies on the ornithological collection of his uncle François Victor Masséna and described several new species of parrots in the scientific journal Revue et...
, including the Green-cheeked Parakeet
Green-cheeked Parakeet
The Green-cheeked Conure , is a small parrot of the genus Pyrrhura.They belong to several genera within a long-tailed group of the New World Parrot subfamily Arinae. The term "conure" is used primarily in bird keeping, though it has appeared in scientific journals...
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In 1823 he married Anna Massena, Duchess of Rivoli
Anna Massena, Duchess of Rivoli
Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli was the wife of Francois Victor Massena, 2nd Duke of Rivoli.Anna was the daughter of General Jean Francois Joseph DeBelle. She married Victor Massena in 1823. She later became Mistress of the Household to Empress Eugenie.René Primevère Lesson named "Anna's...
and they had four children. Anna's Hummingbird was named for her.