Auguste Simon Paris
Encyclopedia
Auguste Simon Paris was a French
notary
and entomologist.
A former notary who retired to live in Épernay, he was interested in butterflies and Coleoptera and assembled a rich personal collection, sold on his death. He was a Member of the Société entomologique de France
from 1834, and it’s president in 1866.
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...
notary
Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...
and entomologist.
A former notary who retired to live in Épernay, he was interested in butterflies and Coleoptera and assembled a rich personal collection, sold on his death. He was a Member of the Société entomologique de France
Société entomologique de France
The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. It was founded in 1832.The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832...
from 1834, and it’s president in 1866.
Source
- Robert Constantin (1992). Mémorial des coléoptères français. Supplément n° 14 au Bulletin de l’Association des coléoptères de la région parisienne (Acorep) : 92 p. et 5 planches.
- Translation from French Wikipedia.