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| Joseph Paul Gaimard |
| Family
Name: |
Gaimard |
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| Given
Names: |
Joseph Paul |
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| DOB |
31 January 1796
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DOD |
10 December 1858 |
| Place
of Birth: |
St. Zacharie, France
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Place
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Paris (?), France |
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
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Botanist
Zoologist |
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| Voyages:
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"Uranie" from Toulon via WA arr. Sydney 19 November 1819
"Astrolabe" from Toulon arr. Sydney 2 December 1826
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Shark Bay, WA 1818 (shipping record)
Sydney, NSW 1819, 1826 (shipping record) |
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Voyage autour du monde..sur...l'Uranie et la Physicienne...1817-1820. Zoologie par MM. Quoy et Gaimard. Paris, 1824
Voyage de découvertes de l’Astrolabe...1826-1829. Zoologie par MM. Quoy et Gaimard. Paris, 1830–1832
For other publications see Coleman and library catalogues |
| Notes:
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His journal of the voyage on "Uranie" is held by the State Library of WA
His year of birth is variously given as 1790, 1793, or 1796 (the date given here is from Coleman)
After the "Astrolabe" voyage he led scientific expeditions to Iceland and Greenland (1835-1836) and to Lapland and the Faeroes (1838-1840) (Coleman)
Gaimardia spp. named after him |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Coleman W. Joseph Paul Gaimard. Complete dictionary of scientific biography, 2008 [accessed online at encyclopedia.com]
Pearce R. Contribution of Surgeon Gaimard to the record of French marine exploration. In: Winterton P, Gurry D. Impact of the past upon the present...Canberra : ASHM, 1992
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 2001
State Library of Western Australia website [biographical notes on Paul Joseph Gaimard, "L'Uranie" and later "Astrolabe"]
Zoonomen website [date of birth 31 January 1796]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 6 December 1826 ["Astrolabe" from Toulon arr. Sydney]
Astrolabe. Hobart Town Courier 12 January 1828 [information from Paul Gaimard, Royal Academy of Medicine Paris, chief surgeon and naturalist] |
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