Pierre Marie Heude (1836 - 1902) was a
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Jesuit
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and zoologist.
Born at
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in the Department of
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, Heude became a Jesuit in 1856 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1867. He went to
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
in 1868. During the following years, he devoted all his time and energy to the studies of the natural history of Eastern Asia, traveling widely in China and other parts of Eastern Asia.
The first fruits of his research concern the mollusks: his
Conchyliologie fluviatile de la province de Nanking (et de la Chine centrale) was published in Paris between 1876 and 1885 in 10 volumes; his
Notes sur le mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu can be found in the first volume of the
Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire Chinois, founded by the Jesuits of
XujiahuiXujiahui, also known in Shanghai dialect as Xikawei, is an area in the Xuhui District of Shanghai, China and the name of a metro station in this area.Xujiahui is the name of a station on Shanghai Metro Line 1...
,
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in 1882.
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Pierre Marie Heude (1836 - 1902) was a
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
Jesuit
missionaryA missionary is a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith; someone who proselytizes. The word "mission" is derived from the Latin missioninimus A missionary is a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith;...
and zoologist.
Born at
FougèresFougères is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in north-western France.-Sights:...
in the Department of
Ille-et-VilaineIlle-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Bretagne in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, Heude became a Jesuit in 1856 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1867. He went to
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
in 1868. During the following years, he devoted all his time and energy to the studies of the natural history of Eastern Asia, traveling widely in China and other parts of Eastern Asia.
The first fruits of his research concern the mollusks: his
Conchyliologie fluviatile de la province de Nanking (et de la Chine centrale) was published in Paris between 1876 and 1885 in 10 volumes; his
Notes sur le mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu can be found in the first volume of the
Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire Chinois, founded by the Jesuits of
XujiahuiXujiahui, also known in Shanghai dialect as Xikawei, is an area in the Xuhui District of Shanghai, China and the name of a metro station in this area.Xujiahui is the name of a station on Shanghai Metro Line 1...
,
ShanghaiShanghai is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People's Republic of China with province-level...
in 1882. Later he turned his attentions to
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s.
With his remarkable collection of specimens, he helped to set up a museum of natural history at Xujiahui in 1868, the first of its kind in China. (The museum had been known later as Musée Heude, but was incorporated into other museums since the 1950s.) He continued his scientific works until his death at
XujiahuiXujiahui, also known in Shanghai dialect as Xikawei, is an area in the Xuhui District of Shanghai, China and the name of a metro station in this area.Xujiahui is the name of a station on Shanghai Metro Line 1...
.
External links
- Biography at Catholic Encyclopedia
The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and it was completed in April 1914...