numerous publications are 300 devoted to entomology. He was a figure of importance in applied entomology in France and a member of the Société entomologique de France. References Lhoste, J. 1987 Les entomologistes français. 1750–1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Paris. Mathieu Guerriaud, « Etudier à l'école de pharmacie de Lille avec Alfred Giard au XIXe siècle», Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie, vol. LXIII, no 386, 2015, p. 261–278 (ISSN 0035-2349, lire en ligne) Peyerimhoff, P. de 1932 La Société entomologique de France (1832–1931). Soc. Ent. France, Livre du Centenaire, Paris. Alfred Mathieu Giard @ Who Named It People from Valenciennes French zoologists Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the University of Lille Nord de France École Normale Supérieure alumni Science teachers 1846 births 1908 deaths French carcinologists French entomologists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France Lamarckism Members of the French Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Members of the Ligue de la patrie française