Félix Dujardin
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| Félix Dujardin | |
 Félix Dujardin
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| Born | April 5, 1802 |
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| Died | April 8, 1860 |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Biology |
| Known for | protozoans |
Félix Dujardin (April 5, 1802 - April 8, 1860) was a French biologist who was a professor at Toulouse and Rennes, and known for his study of protozoans and other invertebrates. He became a member of the French Académie des sciences later in life. Concerning his educational background, Dujardin was largely self-taught.
Dujardin is primarily known for his work with microscopic animal life, and in 1834 proposed that a new group of one-celled organisms be called Rhizopoda; meaning "root-foot. This name was later changed to Protozoa. He refuted naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg's (1795–1876) concept that microscopic organisms are "complete organisms" similar to higher animals .
In Foraminifera, he noticed an apparently formless life substance that he named "sarcode"; which was later renamed protoplasm by Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872). Dujardin also did extensive research regarding other invertebrate groups including echinoderms, helminths and cnidarians.
[edit] Written Works:
- Histoire naturelle des infusoires (1840)
- Manuel de l'observateur au microscope (1842)
- Histoire naturelle des helminthes (1844}
The standard author abbreviation Dujard is applied to species he described.
[edit] References
- HUARD, P & THEODORIDES, J (1959), [5 Unrecognized parasitologists.], vol. 48 (published 1959 Apr), pp. i-xci, PMID:13651265, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13651265>
