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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000124b.htm person Laporte François Louis AACR2 Comte de Castelnau Delaporte, François Louis François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Port Comte de Castelnau 25 December 1810 4 February 1880 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Diplomat Entomologist Ichthyologist François Laporte was born in England and studied natural science in France. He worked as a diplomat in many of the French colonies and was appointed Consul-General for France in Melbourne (1864). He was an avid explorer and collector who travelled to the USA, Canada, South America, South Africa and Asia before arriving in Australia. He studied mainly insects and fish and many of his collected specimens are housed at the National Museum in Melbourne. He was an active member of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria and of the Entomological Society of New South Wales. The genus Laportea (tropical stinging tree) was named after him, as were many insects and fishes.

Laporte was known by many pseudonyms including the all-encompassing François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Port Comte de Castelnau which is believed to be the name on his death certificate. He wrote over ninety books and articles in total under the names of Laporte, Delaporte and Castelnau.

1837 1841 Career position - Led a French scientific expedition to study the lakes of Canada, US and Mexico 1843 1847 Career position - Expedition from Rio de Janeiro to Lima to collect specimens from the Amazon River. It was the first to cross South America from Peru to Brazil, following the watershed between the Amazon and the Rio de la Plata systems and collecting specimens 1848 1856? Career position - French consul at Bahia, Brazil 1856 1858 Career position - Expedition to South Africa and Asia 1862 1862 Life event - Arrived in Australia (Melbourne) 1864 Career position - Consul-General for France, Melbourne 1876 1876 Career position - Visits to Sydney and Brisbane Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842 - 1916) Macleay Museum (1892 - )

Holdings include his Norman River fishes

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Published in the Proceedings . . .

Entomological Society of New South Wales [I] (1862 - 1873)

Member

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Housed many of his collected specimens

 Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria (1872 - 1910)

Member (active) 1872 - 1880

 Acclimatisation Society of Victoria (1861 - 1872)

Member (active)

 Gulliver, Thomas Allen (1848 - 1931)

Examined Gulliver's fish collections

 'Laporte, François Louis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Laporte, François Louis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: VIAF - Virtual International Authority File VIAF - Virtual International Authority File OCLC Resource: Wikidata Wikidata Journal Article: F. L. de Castelnau's Norman River fishes housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney Gill, A. C., Russell, B. C. and Nelson, G. F. L. de Castelnau's Norman River fishes housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney 2018 Zootaxa 4459 3 565-74 Journal Article: Notes of a collection of birds from the Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, with descriptions of some new species Castelnau, le Comte de and Ramsay, E. P. Notes of a collection of birds from the Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, with descriptions of some new species 1877 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 379-95 Journal Article: Notes on the fishes of the Norman River Castelnau, Count F. de Notes on the fishes of the Norman River 1878 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3 41-51 Journal Article: Australian fishes: new or little known species Castelnau, Count F. de Australian fishes: new or little known species 1878 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 225-48 Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Book Section: Laporte, Francois Louis Nompar De Caumont, Comte De Castelnau (1810-1880), naturalist and diplomat Whitley, G. P. Laporte, Francois Louis Nompar De Caumont, Comte De Castelnau (1810-1880), naturalist and diplomat Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1974 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q Douglas Pike 64-65 Journal Article: Francois Laporte, Count Castelnau, 1810-1880 [includes bibliography of writings] Whitley, G. P. Francois Laporte, Count Castelnau, 1810-1880 [includes bibliography of writings] 1965 Australian Zoologist 13 2 93-102 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 563 1860 - 1912 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1860-1912, containing letters dealing with natural history received from scientific colleagues, including, W.T. Denison, W. Woolls, W.B. Clarke, S. Diggles, A.W. Scott and his daughters Harriett and Helena, C. French (senior), K.H. Bennett, J. MacGillivray, G.W. Barnard, W.E. Armit, K. Broadbent, J.T. Cockerell, J. Rainbird, R. Grant, T.A. Gulliver, S. White, J.F. Wilcox, Count Castlenau [Laporte, François] and F. Mueller. 7 volumes