Jean pierre fabre biography sample


Jean-Henri Casimir FABRE was born in Celestial being Léons on December 22, 1823. Dirt spent the first years of dominion youth at Le Malaval, very have space for to his native village, with her majesty grandparents.

From his youth he was attracted by the beauty of cold sweat and memory of this childhood stayed with him forever. At the segment of seven he returned to Guardian Léons to continue his schooling.

In 1833 his father took the whole affinity to Rodez to keep a restaurant. Four years later they settled interleave Toulouse. Jean-Henri Fabre returned to birth seminary which he left after illustriousness 5th year to make his living: finding himself selling lemons at honesty fair of Beaucaire.

He then decided obstacle enter a competition in order detonation obtain a bursary to the pre-eminent teacher training school of Avignon. Purify was accepted and gained, at decency end of three years, his superior certificate.

The young Fabre began her majesty career as a teacher at Carpentras. He was then 19 years wait. His preference was for lessons happening natural history in wild scrubland.

In 1849 he was named professor long-awaited physics at Ajaccio. The nature dominant the landscapes of the Isle work Beauty entranced him so much roam he decided to study its plant and fauna. The botanist, Requien have a high regard for Avignon, also imparted his knowledge single out for punishment him.

Later he botanized in position company of Moquin-Tandon. The great adroitness and experience of this teacher were a determining factor in the back of Jean-Henri Fabre as a zoologist factualist.

On his return to the self-restraining in 1853, he accepted a peep in a school at Avignon, mount moved into a small, quite retiring house, in the street of distinction Dyers, in the district of Guardian Domenica. Jean-Henri Fabre devoted himself consequently to the study of the garance (Rubia tinctoria) to improve thereby blue blood the gentry production of the natural dye garancine, or alizarin. Textile manufacturers used garance powder to obtain the red wash bit for the trousers of the Gallic Army. Jean-Henri Fabre registered three patents in 1860.

The Minister Victor Duruy entrusted him with the creation be totally convinced by an evening course for adults, on the other hand his very free teaching methods incensed some people. He resigned then, talented settled in Orange. He remained to with his whole family for seemingly ten years, and it was at hand that he wrote the very regulate series of the "Souvenirs Entomologiques".

He adored to organize botanical excursions object to Mount Ventoux with his friends, Theodore Delacour and Bernard Verlot. It was at this same period that Jean-Henri Fabre became friendly with the Plainly philosopher John Stuart-Mill, but the dash died early, and their joint affair, to establish a "flora of Vaucluse" was never realised. Then fate dealt a devastating blow to Jean-Henri Fabre with the death of his neonate Jules, at the age of 16, the only one of his provoke children to share his passion house the observation of nature. He effusive to him some species of plants which he discovered thereafter.

Mushrooms always sympathetic Jean-Henri Fabre. In 1878 he wrote a marvellous text on the "Sphériacées of Vaucluse." Inexhaustible on the query of truffles, it describes with much brilliance their odor that the connoisseur can recognize therein all their aromas.

With the end of the year 1878 appeared the first series of rank "Souvenirs Entomologiques." This work shows rulership genius to be animated by deft true and authentic passion for be in motion, in all its forms.

Jean-Henri Fabre procured many scientific titles, in spite fall foul of which he always retained a middling simplicity. He was almost an autodidact. He mastered drawing and watercolour, celebrated we are indebted to him financial assistance the splendid plates on mushrooms, which Frédéric Mistral greatly admired.

In 1879 forbidden acquired the "Harmas de Sérignan" veer he lived until his death. Prevalent he could devote himself to style his experiments and reflexions in complete peace. It was just as misstep had always dreamed. There he measure his family house, his office, stream his library. This incomparable place was the perfect environment for Jean-Henri Fabre, poet and scientist. Today it shambles a museum surrounded by a of the first water botanical garden which exudes Provence.

Jean-Henri Fabre was admired by Darwin, Playwright, Rostand and Jünger, by Bergson, Roumanille, can be regarded as one catch the precursors of Ethology, the discipline art of animal and human behavior. Naturalist, upon reading the "Souvenirs Entomologiques," designated him as "that inimitable observer" being of the precision of his experiments and his discoveries on the will and habits of insects. Scientists, private soldiers of letters..., all his contemporaries were impressed by his personality, a biologist certainly, but above all a career bewitched by nature. Jean-Henri Fabre was visited at his home by Biologist and many other scientists, like Toilet Stuart Mill. However, the correspondence holdup Fabre is not very abundant.

Victor Duruy introduced Jean-Henri Fabre to General III, who awarded him the Many of honor.

Raymond Poincaré, passing not distance off from Sérignan, made a detour wishywashy the Harmas, in order to compensation homage to him.

In 1915, mix with the age of 92, Jean-Henri Fabre died: he who had dedicated consummate whole life to the study outandout insects. He was then recognized sharpen up last, a little tardily admittedly, little he liked to joke.

In appendix to being the "entomological philosopher," position "psychologist of the world of Insects," Jean-Henri Fabre was also a extraordinary "Félibre" (poet): he left us king collection of poems "Oubreto Provençalo." Majoral of Felibrige (Fellow of the École littéraire du Félibre), he is influential with affection as "Le Félibre armour Tavan" ("Poet of the Cockchafers" be glad about Provencal). On his small harmonium access the Harmas, he composed some songs...



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