Geoffroy, Etienne Louis (1725-1810)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Étienne Louis Geoffroy (October 12, 1725 – August 12, 1810) was a French entomologist.

A pharmacist born in Paris, Geoffroy died in Soissons. He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl von Linné and devoted himself mainly to beetles.

Geoffroy was the author of Histoire abrégée des Insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Paris : Durand Vol. 1 8 + 523 pp. 10 pls (1762).

PUBLICATIONS

 * Geoffroy, E. L. 1785. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa, attributable to Geoffroy.]. In: Fourcroy, A. F. de. Entomologia parisiensis, sive catalogus insectorum quae in agro parisiensi reperiuntur. Pars secunda. Paris: Via et Aedibus Serpentineis, + pp. 233-544.