Died 1849-04-28.
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René Lesson
René Primevère Lesson was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.
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science · French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist (1794–1849) · physician · explorer · zoologist · ornithologist · pharmacist · botanist · surgeon · naturalist · also René Lesson, René-Primevère Lesson, René Primevère Lesson, Rene Primevere Lesson, Lesson, Rene Lesson
Born 20 March 1794 · Died 28 April 1849 · Q318217
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1847· 1 entry
Lesson presented a division of human races based on simple colour terms: White for Caucasians, Dusky for South Asians, Orange for Austronesians, Yellow for East Asians, Red for Indigenous Americans, and Black for African
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1833· 1 entry
“Manuel d'histoire naturelle medicale, et de pharmacographie”
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1828· 1 entry
Later becoming a correspondent of the Académie des Sciences (1833)
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1826· 2 entries
By the Italian geographer Adriano Balbi as the contents of a letter he received from Lesson, a missive that added an elevens-based numerical vocabulary (including terms meaning eleven squared and cubed) and details of it
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By the Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach, who reported it thirdhand as a letter written by Blosseville: "M
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1825· 1 entry
Lesson published a French translation of "Du Grand Océan, de ses îles et de ses côtes" written by the German botanist Adelbert von Chamisso
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1816· 1 entry
Lesson changed his classification to pharmacist
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1811· 1 entry
Was third surgeon on the frigate Saale, and in 1813, was second surgeon on the Regulus
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1794· 1 entry
Born 1794-03-20.
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