Armand David

The Reverend

Armand David

ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Ordination1851
Personal details
Born
Jean-Pierre-Armand David

(1826-09-07)7 September 1826
Espelette, France
Died10 November 1900(1900-11-10) (aged 74)
Paris, France
DenominationRoman Catholicism
OccupationBiologist
Other namesPère David
Known forDocumenting species of Chinese flora and fauna exotic to Europe
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, zoology
Author abbrev. (botany)David
Author abbrev. (zoology)David

Armand David, CM (7 September 1826, Espelette – 10 November 1900, Paris)[1] was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist from the French Basque Country.

Several species, such as Père David's deer, are named after him — Père David being French for Father David.

  1. ^ "Armand David (1826-1900)". data.bnf.fr (in French). Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France. 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.