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Edmond de Sélys Longchamps

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Baron Michel Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (25 May 1813 – 11 December 1900) was a Belgian liberal politician and scientist. [1]

38 relations: Belgium, Camille de Tornaco, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, First French Empire, Genus, Great auk, Hermann August Hagen, Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville, Jules d'Anethan, Jules Pierre Rambur, Legion of Honour, Lepidoptera, Liège, Liberal Party (Belgium), Liberalism, Liberalism in Belgium, List of Presidents of the Senate (Belgium), Mammal, Monograph, Morphology (biology), Museum of Natural Sciences, Neuroptera, Nomen nudum, Odonata, Order of Leopold (Belgium), Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Ornithology, Orthoptera, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Phylogenetics, Pierre André Latreille, Royal Belgian Entomological Society, Royal Entomological Society, Senate (Belgium), Type (biology), Waremme.

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Camille de Tornaco

Baron Marie Camille Louis de Gonzague Ghislain (Camille) de Tornaco (6 April 1807 – 8 March 1880) was a Belgian landowner and liberal politician.

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Damselfly

Damselflies are insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata.

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Dragonfly

A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, "uneven" and πτερόν pteron, "wing", because the hindwing is broader than the forewing).

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Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville

Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799 Toulon – 26 January 1874 Paris) was a French entomologist.

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First French Empire

The First French Empire (Empire Français) was the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Great auk

The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century.

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Hermann August Hagen

Hermann August Hagen (30 May 1817 – 9 November 1893) was a German entomologist who specialised in Neuroptera and Odonata.

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Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (his name, before the Revolution, included a particle: Audinet de Serville) was a French entomologist, born on 11 November 1775 in Paris.

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Jules d'Anethan

Jules Joseph, Baron d'Anethan (23 April 1803 – 8 October 1888) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.

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Jules Pierre Rambur

Jules Pierre Rambur (21 July 1801 – 10 August 1870) was a French entomologist.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).

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Liège

Liège (Lidje; Luik,; Lüttich) is a major Walloon city and municipality and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about north-east). At Liège, the Meuse meets the River Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The Liège municipality (i.e. the city proper) includes the former communes of Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. Population of all municipalities in Belgium on 1 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-10-19. Definitions of metropolitan areas in Belgium. The metropolitan area of Liège is divided into three levels. First, the central agglomeration (agglomeratie) with 480,513 inhabitants (2008-01-01). Adding the closest surroundings (banlieue) gives a total of 641,591. And, including the outer commuter zone (forensenwoonzone) the population is 810,983. Retrieved on 2008-10-19. This includes a total of 52 municipalities, among others, Herstal and Seraing. Liège ranks as the third most populous urban area in Belgium, after Brussels and Antwerp, and the fourth municipality after Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi.

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Liberal Party (Belgium)

The Liberal Party (Liberale Partij, Parti libéral) was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equality.

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Liberalism in Belgium

This article gives an overview of liberalism in Belgium.

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List of Presidents of the Senate (Belgium)

This is a list of Presidents of the Senate (Belgium).

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Monograph

A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author, and usually on a scholarly subject.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Museum of Natural Sciences

The Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium (Muséum des sciences naturelles de Belgique, Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen van België) is a museum dedicated to natural history, located in Brussels, Belgium.

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Neuroptera

The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives.

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Nomen nudum

The phrase nomen nudum (plural nomina nuda) is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy (especially in zoological and botanical nomenclature).

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Odonata

Odonata is an order of carnivorous insects, encompassing the dragonflies (Anisoptera) and the damselflies (Zygoptera).

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Order of Leopold (Belgium)

The Order of Leopold (Leopoldsorde, Ordre de Léopold) is one of the three current Belgian national honorary orders of knighthood.

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Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the House of Savoy, founded in 1572 by Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, through amalgamation approved by Pope Gregory XIII of the Order of Saint Maurice, founded in 1434, with the medieval Order of Saint Lazarus, founded circa 1119, considered its sole legitimate successor.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Orthoptera

Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts and crickets, including closely related insects such as the katydids and wetas.

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Oxford University Museum of Natural History

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum or OUMNH, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.

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Pierre André Latreille

Pierre André Latreille (29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods.

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Royal Belgian Entomological Society

The Royal Belgian Entomological Society is a learned society based in Brussels, Belgium which is devoted to entomology, the study of insects.

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Royal Entomological Society

The Royal Entomological Society is devoted to the study of insects.

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Senate (Belgium)

The Senate (Dutch:, le Sénat, der Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached.

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Waremme

Waremme (Borgworm) is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Liège, in Belgium.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_de_Sélys_Longchamps

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