Henri Gabriel Duchesne (1739–1822), was a French naturalist.
Biography
Duchesne was born in Paris in 1739. He and Pierre-Joseph Macquer anonymously published a Manuel du naturaliste (Paris: Desprez, 1770, reissued in 1771), and he anonymously published a Dictionnaire de l'industrie (3 volumes, 1776; 2nd edition 1795). He died in 1822.
Notes
- Thomas 1892, p. 797.
References
- Thomas, Joseph (1892), Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Aa, van der – Hyperius), vol. 1, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 797
Further reading
- Anon (i.e., Duchesne and Macquer) (1771). Manuel du naturaliste.
- Anon (i.e., Duchesne) (1795). Dictionnaire de l'industrie (2nd ed.).
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