Alfred Malherbe
Magistrate, Deceased Person
1804 – 1865
Who was Alfred Malherbe?
Alfred Malherbe was a French magistrate and amateur naturalist born in Mauritius to family originally from Metz. He was the administrator of the Museum of Metz.
He devoted his spare time to botany and zoology. He conducted studies of birds of Algeria and Sicily.
Malherbe was the author of Monographie des picidées. He identified Levaillant's Woodpecker, which was named for another French scientist, François Le Vaillant. In addition to Monographie des picidées, he was the author of several other ornithological works:
Faune ornithologique de la Sicile : avec des observations sur l'habitat ou l'apparition des oiseaux de cetté ile, etc. - Ornithological fauna of Sicily.
Description de dix espéces nouvelles du genre Picus, Linné., - Description of ten new species from the genus Picus.
Faune ornithologique de l'Algérie - Ornithological fauna of Algeria.
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1804
Mauritius - Also known as
- Малерб, Альфред
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 14, 1865
Metz
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on July 23, 2013
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