Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
Encyclopedia
Abbé Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752 – September 20, 1804) was a French
naturalist
who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects to the Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique
. He is also notable as the first scientist to study the feral child
Victor of Aveyron
.
Bonnaterre is credited with identifying about 25 new species of fish, and assembled illustrations of about 400 in his encyclopedia work.
He was the first scientist to study Victor, the wild child of Aveyron , whose life inspired François Truffaut for his film The Wild Child
.
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...
naturalist
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects to the Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique
Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique
The Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois regnes de la nature was an illustrated encyclopedia of plants, animals and minerals, notable for including the first scientific descriptions of many species, and for its attractive engravings. It was published in Paris by Charles Joseph Panckoucke,...
. He is also notable as the first scientist to study the feral child
Feral child
A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, and has no experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and, crucially, of human language...
Victor of Aveyron
Victor of Aveyron
Victor of Aveyron was a feral child who apparently lived his entire childhood naked and alone in the woods before being found wandering the woods near Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance, France, in 1797. He was captured, but soon escaped after being displayed in the town...
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Bonnaterre is credited with identifying about 25 new species of fish, and assembled illustrations of about 400 in his encyclopedia work.
He was the first scientist to study Victor, the wild child of Aveyron , whose life inspired François Truffaut for his film The Wild Child
The Wild Child
The Wild Child is a French film by director François Truffaut. The film features Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Françoise Seigner and Jean Dasté. The film had a total of 1,458,164 admissions in France...
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Partial bibliography
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, dix-huitième partie, insectes. Agasse, Paris 1797.
- Recueil de médecine vétérinaire ou Collection de mémoires d'instructions et de recettes sur les maladies des animaux domestiques.
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ..., cétologie, ophiologie, erpétologie. Padoue 1795.
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Ophiologie. Panckoucke, Paris 1790.
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, ornithologie. Panckoucke, Paris 1790/91.
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ... Cétologie. Panckoucke, Paris 1789.
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ..., Erpétologie. Panckoucke, Paris 1789/90.
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ..., Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris 1788.