Ernest Marie Louis Bedel

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Louis Bedel.

Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (16 May 1849, Nantes - 26 January 1922, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Louis Bedel studied first in Nantes then in Paris where the future entomologist Maurice Sédillot (1849-1933) was a fellow student. His father arranged his taking part in natural history sorties where he met great names of natural history like Alcide d'Orbigny (1802-1857) and which were also attended by future scientists in other disciplines like Henry Chatelier (1850-1936), Henri d' Orbigny (1845-1915)and Pierre Emile Gounelle (1850-1914).He took part in the war of 1870 before continuing his law studies . Bedel wrote nearly 300 publications mainly devoted to the Coleopters. His collection is preserved at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.