Louis Roule | |
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 1929 Autochrome by Georges Chevalier | |
| Born | 20 December 1861 |
| Died | 30 July 1942 (aged 80) Versailles, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Muséum national d'histoire naturelle |
Louis Roule ([lwi ʁul]; 20 December 1861 – 30 July 1942) was a French zoologist born in Marseille.
In 1881 he obtained a degree in natural sciences at Marseille, followed by his doctorate of sciences (1884) at Paris with a thesis on ascidians of coastal Provence. From 1885 he worked as a lecturer at the faculty of sciences in Toulouse, where in 1892 he became a professor. During the previous year (1891), he earned a doctorate in medicine.
In 1910 he succeeded Léon Vaillant (1834–1914) as chair of zoology (reptiles and fish) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, a position he would hold until 1937. During this time period he was also an instructor at the Institut National Agronomique (from 1925), and director of the laboratory of ichthyology at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE).[1]
- ^ IFC News No. 49, March 2009 - The Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (biography in French)