René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with Poland

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with Poland

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was one of the most important scientists of the Age of Enlightenment. His relations with Polish scientists are analysed, with particular reference to Franciszek Bieliński (Grand Marshal of the Crown), Konstanty Franciszek Fremel (a Saxon specialist of glass technolo...

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Main Author: Daszkiewicz Piotr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:Biological Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/biolet-2017-0002
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spelling doaj-414438e45e65427989406f8d1b972ca12021-09-05T20:42:26ZengSciendoBiological Letters1734-74672016-06-0153191710.1515/biolet-2017-0002biolet-2017-0002René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with PolandDaszkiewicz Piotr0Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330Warsaw, Poland; and National Museum of Natural History, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005ParisFranceRené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was one of the most important scientists of the Age of Enlightenment. His relations with Polish scientists are analysed, with particular reference to Franciszek Bieliński (Grand Marshal of the Crown), Konstanty Franciszek Fremel (a Saxon specialist of glass technology in Poland), and Johann Ernst Stieff (a Silesian scientist). Réaumur’s work on mites is discussed in the context of his entomological publications. For the first time, illustrations of mites drawn by Claude Aubriet (from Réaumur’s collection) are reproduced here.https://doi.org/10.1515/biolet-2017-0002
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title René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with Poland
title_short René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with Poland
title_full René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with Poland
title_fullStr René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with Poland
title_full_unstemmed René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), a naturalist and pioneer of acarology and his contacts with Poland
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description René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was one of the most important scientists of the Age of Enlightenment. His relations with Polish scientists are analysed, with particular reference to Franciszek Bieliński (Grand Marshal of the Crown), Konstanty Franciszek Fremel (a Saxon specialist of glass technology in Poland), and Johann Ernst Stieff (a Silesian scientist). Réaumur’s work on mites is discussed in the context of his entomological publications. For the first time, illustrations of mites drawn by Claude Aubriet (from Réaumur’s collection) are reproduced here.
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