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August 1, 1744 |
Born at
Bazentin-le-Petit in Picardy, France. |
1756 |
Entered Jesuit
seminary at Amiens as his father wanted him to make a career in the church. |
1760 |
His father died. |
| 1761 |
Quit Jesuit
college and joined the French Army. Distinguished for bravery and promoted very soon. |
| 1768 |
Left the Army due
to accidental injury, worked as a bank clerk in Paris and studied Medicine and Botany. |
| 1778 |
Published book on
Plants of France Flore Francaise. |
| 1792 |
Married
Delapoute, the mother of his first six children, on her deathbed, after being together
since 1777. |
| 1793 |
Appointed
assistant Botanist at the Royal Botanical Garden, the Jardin des Plantes. |
| 1794 |
Appointed a
professor of Natural History of insects and worms in the National Museum of Natural
History. |
| 1795 |
Married second
time to Charlotte. |
| 1797 |
Death of second
wife Charlotte. |
| 1798 |
Married third
time to Julie Mallet. |
| 1808 |
Distinguished 10
classes of invertebrates. |
| 1809 |
Published Philosophie
Zoologique. |
| 1815 |
Published first
volume of Historie Naturelle des Animaux san Vertebres. |
| 1819 |
Death of third
wife Julie Mallet. |
| 1822 |
Published second
volume of Historie Naturelle des Animaux san Vertebres. |
| 1829 |
Died, blind and
penniless in obscurity. |
