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Léon Fairmaire

French entomologist (1820–1906)
Person human Q681275
Léon Fairmaire

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
June 29, 1820
Date of death
April 1, 1906
Place of birth
Paris
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
France[8]
Occupation
entomologist, scientific collector
Field of work
beetle, Hemiptera, entomology[9][10][11]
Position held
president of the Société entomologique de France, president of the Société entomologique de France[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[17]
Author citation (zoology)
Fairmaire[16]
Collection items at
Natural History Museum[19]
Family name
Fairmaire[14]
Given name
Léon[15]
Name in native language
Léon Fairmaire[18]
P14397
1583[20]
Place of burial
Père Lachaise Cemetery[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire en Léon Fairmaire en L. Fairmaire en Leon Marc Herminie Fairmaire en Fairmaire en Leon Fairmaire cs Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire da Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire de Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire de Fairmaire en-gb Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire es Leon Fairmaire es Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire fi Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire fr L. Fairmaire fr Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire hu Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire it Fairmaire it Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire ja レオンフェアメール
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000121205783
VIAF cluster ID
10624977
Library of Congress authority ID
n87137659
GND ID
117498157
BHL creator ID
7960
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15531283n
Bionomia ID
Léon Fairmaire
CANTIC ID
981058509777806706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01393774
CTHS person ID
102225
DDB person (GND) ID
117498157
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117498157
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Entomologists of the World ID
8575
FAST ID
209218
Freebase ID
/m/058z9l
IdRef ID
112834051
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117498157
Kallías ID
PE00497242
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
156351803
Open Library ID
OL6398217A, OL155481A
S2A3 Biographical Database ID
899
SHARE Catalogue author ID
360426
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058509777806706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1231532
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJktt3xC3KKVFpHtFhVV4q
ZOBODAT person ID
27488
ZooBank author ID
E1EC4F16-4934-45A0-BCA7-2BD2DAEE339D, 2A800302-84BB-408F-8318-8C3631A85D95, 3EBB348E-84EA-45F8-8813-3D5855E84008

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 3
beetle, entomology, Hemiptera
Bionomia ID 1
Léon Fairmaire
Collection items at 1
Natural History Museum
Country of citizenship 1
France
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Named after 1
Perissus fairmairei
Occupation 1
entomologist
Place of birth 1
Paris
Place of death 1
Paris
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Léon Fairmaire was born on June 29, 1820[1], in Paris[2]. He died on April 1, 1906[3], in Paris[4]. He worked as an entomologist[5] and scientific collector[6].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Léon Fairmaire include Perissus fairmairei[21], a taxon[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Léon Fairmaire include Perissus fairmairei[21], a taxon[22].

FAQs

Where was Léon Fairmaire born?

Léon Fairmaire's place of birth was Paris[2].

Where did Léon Fairmaire die?

Léon Fairmaire passed away in Paris[4].

What did Léon Fairmaire do for work?

Léon Fairmaire worked as an entomologist[5] and scientific collector[6].

Related Entities

entomology France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . Biographies of the Entomologists of the World. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 3d ago · Head of darkness · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → president of the Société entomologique de France, president of the Société entomologique de France
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Position held: president of the Société entomologique de France"
  2. 3d ago · Head of darkness · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|4 */ Position held: president of the Société entomologique de France"
  3. 3d ago · Head of darkness · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → president of the Société entomologique de France, president of the Société entomologique de France
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Position held: president of the Société entomologique de France"
  4. 24w ago · ~2026-13413-44 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of burial → Père Lachaise Cemetery
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Place of burial: Père Lachaise Cemetery"
  5. 24w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14397 → 1583
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  6. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01393774
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01153764, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257929|batch #257929]]"
  7. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01393774
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