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Joseph Paul Gaimard
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Image:Joseph Paul Gaimard.jpg thumb|Joseph Paul Gaimard (lithograph by Emile Lassalle)
'''Joseph Paul Gaimard''' (
1796 -
1858) was a
France French natural history naturalist.
Along with
Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist aboard the ships ''
La Coquille'' under
Louis Isidore Duperrey, and ''
L'Astrolabe'' under the command of
Jules Dumont d'Urville between 1826 and 1829.
He was the scientific leader on ''
La Recherche'' (1835-1836) during its expedition to the
Arctic Sea. In
1835 Gaimard visited
Iceland, returning again the following summer as the head of a scientific mission funded by the French government. Out of this trip came the 9 volume ''Voyage en Islande et au Groënland'' (8 text volumes, one of geographical illustrations), which was said at the time to be the definitive study of the islands.
In 1838, he was the leader of a scientific expedition to
Spitsbergen.
At least two species have been named in his honor:
*''
Eualus gaimardii'' (
Henri Milne-Edwards H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
*''
Byblis gaimardi'' (
Henrik Nikolai Krøyer Krøyer, 1846)
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