Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824) French explorer

Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824) French explorer, collector and ornithologist. He did not accept the new Linnaen nomenclature and it was left to others to assign binomial classification to the thousands of specimens he collected. From The Naturalist's Library edited by William Jardine (Edinburgh and London 1839-1854). Engraving

1753-1824 Accept Binomial Biology Classification Collected Collector Edited Jardine Linnaeus Naturalists Nomenclature Ornithologist Specimens Vaillant

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