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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-08-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002291b.htm person Castelnau Francis de la Porte AACR2 25 December 1810 4 February 1880 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Explorer Francis de la Porte Castelnau was a leader of French scientific expeditions and was French consul in Melbourne at the time of his death. A collection of his monographs on insects, written in his youth, were published as Histoire Naturelle between 1835 and 1841.

Born London, 25 December 1810. Died Melbourne, 4 February 1880. Studied natural science in Paris. Led a French scientific expedition to study the lakes of Canada, US and Mexico 1837-41; in 1843-47 an expedition led by him 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; French consul, Bahia, Brazil, from 1848; French consul, Siam ca 1848-62 (and the first European to study the country's fishes); arrived Melbourne 1862; French consul in Melbourne 1864-80. 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.

 Gulliver, Thomas Allen (1848 - 1931)

Examined Gulliver's fish collections

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 Castelnau, Francis (18101225-18800204)

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 'Castelnau, Francis de la Porte', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Castelnau, Francis de la Porte Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 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 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 and F. Mueller. 7 volumes