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  JEAN-HENRI FABRE
Jean-Henri Fabre is well known for his popularization of insect natural history, especially in the ten volumes of Souvenirs Entomoligiques.
Fabre was 84 when the last volume appeared, and soon afterward he was "discovered." He was elected to numerous scientific societies, provided a government pension, and even the President of France came to visit him.
Gonzalo Halffter and Eric Matthews noted that the importance of Fabre's works cannot be overemphasized because, quite apart from their popularizing influence, he alone set up the standards of observational patience and accuracy that subsequent workers were then obligated to match.
www-museum.unl.edu /research/entomology/workers/JFabre.htm   (214 words)

  
 Jean Henri Fabre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fabre was an exceptionally bright child, advancing through school at early ages.
Fabre's influence is felt in the later works of fellow naturalist Charles Darwin.
Fabre, however, was against the idea of evolution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_Henri_Fabre   (214 words)

  
 FABRE, Jean Henri : his life, his work, e-Text, gallery...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jean-Henri Casimir FABRE was born in Saint Léons in France on December 22, 1823.
It was at this same period that Jean-Henri Fabre became friendly with the English philosopher John Stuart-Mill, but the latter died early, and their joint project, to establish a "flora of Vaucluse" was never realised.
Then fate dealt a devastating blow to Jean-Henri Fabre with the death of his son Jules, at the age of 16, the only one of his six children to share his passion for the observation of nature.
www.efabre.net /e-fabre.htm   (905 words)

  
 Jean Henri Fabre -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Fabre's influence is felt in the later works of fellow (A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)) naturalist (English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)) Charles Darwin.
Jean-Henri Fabre's last home and office, the "Harmas de Sérignan" in (A former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur) Provence, (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France, stands today as a museum devoted to his works.
Fabre rides a giant (Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping) grasshopper.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jean_henri_fabre.htm   (282 words)

  
 Fabre, Jean Henri. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He is known for his observations on insects and his study of their behavior.
Fabre demonstrated the importance of instinct among insects.
Fabre worked almost exclusively from nature, and his exquisite literary style brought him as much renown as his observations.
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 CA114.10: J. H. Fabre and creationism
Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was a creationist and strong opponent to evolution.
Fabre excelled at observation (Darwin called him "the inimitable observer"), but he was not a scientist.
Fabre was twice nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature; his writings are still thoroughly enjoyable.
www.talkorigins.org /indexcc/CA/CA114_10.html   (398 words)

  
 Henri Fabre
Fabre, however, an inventive marine engineer and navigator, persisted in his original research on the problem of achieving powered flight from a water base.
On March 28, 1910, Fabre managed to lift his creation from the surface of the sea for the first time.
However, Fabre's lightweight, hollow wooden floats, which gave a measure of lift in the air as well as on the water, continued to be supplied in one form or another to hydroaeroplane manufacturers in Europe for several years to come.
www.rcooper.0catch.com /efabre.htm   (410 words)

  
 Alibris: J. Henri Fabre
From the Preface: J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which, under the title of Souvenirs Entomologiques, he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment on the insects that seem to us the best-known and the most...
J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which, under the title of Souvenirs Entomologiques, he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment on the insects that seem to...
J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/J._Henri_Fabre   (875 words)

  
 Inspector Fabre
Fabre and Gonza soon find the hideout but to their dismay, there is no sign of the thieves.
Fabre's smart reasoning the case is solved and the son is released.
Fabre hears that many building have been condemned for similar reasons - 'termites.' A group of dishonest realtors have scattered tremendous numbers of termites on their targeted buildings and beat down the price when the buildings are heavily damaged or fall down.
www.enokifilmsusa.com /library/fabrenp.htm   (4935 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Children of Summer: Henri Fabre's Insects: Books: Margaret Jean Anderson,Marie Le Glatin Keis,Marie ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paul, 10, is fascinated by insects, an interest engendered by his father, Henri Fabre, who has studied the creatures for most of his life.
Henri Fabre's voice dominates the narrative; Paul merely passes on his father's observations and findings.
Fabre was such a wonderful writer, such love for the creatures and things he writes about.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374312435?v=glance   (711 words)

  
 Fabre Family Crest
During the Middle Ages, the surname of Fabre was was used in France.
The surname Fabre was an occupational name for a smith or metal worker and is derived from the Old French word fevre, meaning smith.
In the Fabre coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
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 The Human Side of Butterflies
Fabré started his professional career as a primary teacher and was known for introducing students to natural history through outdoor field experiences.
Fabré noted that time and patience were two of his greatest tools; we used this statement as a writing prompt where we asked the students what Fabré meant by that statement and what it teaches about observing science and nature.
Among the descriptors the students noted were the vibrant colors Fabré used, including “maroon velvet with a necktie of white fur” and “beads of turquoise blue.” Fabré’s model encouraged our second-grade students to carefully observe insects and inspired them to search for words to effectively communicate their observations to others.
www.nsta.org /main/news/stories/science_and_children.php?news_story_ID=51037   (1807 words)

  
 Henri Poincare --  Encyclopædia Britannica
He made a series of profound innovations in geometry, the theory of differential equations, electromagnetism, topology, and the philosophy of mathematics.
This conjecture, formulated by the French mathematician Henri Poincaré, is a famous problem of 20th-century mathematics.
Fabre's specialty was the anatomy and behavior of insects, especially of wasps and bees (the order Hymenoptera), beetles (Coleoptera), and grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera).
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9060534   (689 words)

  
 Insect Behavior
early a century ago, in his own backyard, the famous French naturalist J. Henri Fabre once witnessed a little drama in which the participants were a wasp, a bee, and a mantis (a mantis is pictured at the right).
Well, Fabre found that if the sphecid wasp he was watching caught a honeybee swollen with flower nectar, the wasp never failed to squeeze the bee in a certain way to cause the bee to disgorge its syrup, and then the wasp would lick the bee's tongue dry before sealing it into its nest.
Fabre's mantis ensnared the wasp in its saw-like front legs and immediately set about munching the wasp's belly.
www.backyardnature.net /bugbhav.htm   (959 words)

  
 Young Students Learning Library: FABRE, J. HENRI (1823-1915)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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If so, you have shared a feeling of wonder with Henri Fabre, a great French entomologist (a scientist who living insects, rather than the dead, mounted specimens in a museum collection.
He worked to pay for his studies at the University of Paris, and then became a teacher of chemistry and physics.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28016001&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (223 words)

  
 AOSA - Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Throughout his life, Henri Fabre studied insects and did important research on bees, wasps, beetles, grasshoppers and crickets.
When Henri Fabre was about 35, Charles Darwin published a book about evolution.
Henri Fabre declared, " I observe, I experiment and I let the facts speak for themselves.
www.puritanhope.com /AOSA/News1002.aspx   (594 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The remarkable behavior of grasshoppers, beetles, bluebottles, spiders, cabbage caterpillars, and glow-worms, from the eminent French entomologist.
Considered "The Homer of Insects," Fabre's work laid the foundation for virtually all subsequent work in the field of entomology.
Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) is well known for his popularization of insect natural history, especially in the ten volumes of Souvenirs Entomoligiques.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898757681?v=glance   (478 words)

  
 The Last Word: Jean-Henri Fabre
French naturalist and writer JEAN-HENRI FABRE (1823–1915) was steeped from birth in the sights, sounds and smells of Provence.
Fabre enriched the literature of natural history with his intimate observations of the lives of insects.
He wrote lyrically of the Provencal wildlife, rejoicing in the “joy of living” of singing crickets and cicadas.
www.plant-talk.org /stories/15fabre.html   (757 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Fabre Jean Henri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dunant, Jean Henri (1828-1910), Swiss philanthropist and founder of the Red Cross, born in Geneva.
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 The Wonder Book of Plant Life - Carrot Sky Books
"In the field of insect study, the works of J. Henry Fabre are classics; in the field of literature, they hold a special place of their own."
Henri Fabre is nonetheless recognized as one of the most respected and beloved entomologists in the world.
Fabre was eighty-four when the last of the ten volumes of his magnum opus appeared—Souvenirs Entomologiques.
www.vivisphere.com /carrotsky/0037/0037.asp   (213 words)

  
 Jean Henri Fabre - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jean Henri Casimir Fabre (December 22, 1823 - October 11, 1915) was a French entomologist and author.
He was largely self-taught and famous for his study of insects.
He wrote many books about insect anatomy and behaviour.
open-encyclopedia.com /Jean_Henri_Fabre   (53 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Jean Henri Fabre (Zoology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Jean Henri Fabre (Zoology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Jean Henri Fabre[zhAN ANrE´ fA´bru] Pronunciation Key, 1823–1915, French entomologist and author.
He taught until 1870 at Carpentras, Ajaccio, and Avignon, wrote works on popular science at Orange (1870–79), then retired to nearby SErignan, where he devoted himself to entomological studies.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Fabre-Je.html   (262 words)

  
 The Beginning Years - Level 1
Although the first seaplane was built and flown by Henri Fabre in 1910 at Martigues, France, the really great pioneer of marine flying was Glen Curtiss of the United States.
In 1911 he fitted floats to one of his sturdy pusher biplanes and flew it off the water.
Using a 50 horsepower Gnome rotary engine, Fabre flew 1650 feet on water (March 28, 1910).
www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/history1c.htm   (436 words)

  
 Henri II Estienne --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Henri II Estienne --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
or Henri II Étienne As a young man he traveled Europe studying ancient manuscripts and visiting scholars before returning to his father's Geneva printing firm to publish the first printed editions of several Greek texts.
In 1566 he published a Latin edition of Herodotus with a controversial apologia in which he bitterly satirized his own age.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9363933?tocId=9363933   (120 words)

  
 The Life of the Fly by J. Henri Fabre ~ TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
These essays, though they have no bearing upon the life of the fly, are among the most interesting that Henri Fabre has written and will, I am persuaded, make a special appeal to the reader.
I began to wonder whether I had gone too far in simplifying the terminology of the Fabre essays and in appending explanatory footnotes to the inevitable number of outlandish names of insects.
Use and reproduction of this material is governed by Globusz Publishing's standard terms and conditions.
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 More Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre eBook by BookRags
“The Hunting Wasps,” by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chapters 13 and 18 to 20; and Chapter 11 of the present volume.—­Translator’s Note.), the Bembex (Cf.
“The Life of the Grasshopper,” by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chapters 13 and 14.—­Translator’s Note.): all these inoffensive peaceable victims are like the silly Sheep of our slaughter-houses; they allow themselves to be operated upon by the paralyser, submitting stupidly, without offering much resistance.
The mandibles gape, the legs kick and protest, the body wriggles and twists; and that is all.
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/3462/2.html   (343 words)

  
 Fabre, Jean Henri on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He taught until 1870 at Carpentras, Ajaccio, and Avignon, wrote works on popular science at Orange (1870-79), then retired to nearby Sérignan, where he devoted himself to entomological studies.
His principal work is Souvenirs entomologiques (10 vol., 1879-1907); English translations of selections from this work include The Life of the Spider (1912), The Marvels of the Insect World (1938), and The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre (ed.
Bibliography: See studies on Fabre by Augustin Fabre (tr., 2d ed.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/f/fabre-j1e.asp   (318 words)

  
 Over and on the Sea
Fabre is generally credited with making the first seaplane flight, on March 28, 1910, at Martigues, France.
Jean Henri Fabre - Fabre, Jean Henri, 1823–1915, French entomologist and author.
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www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0882255.html   (411 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Passionate Observer: Writings from the World of Nature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Except for a short teaching job in Corsica, Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915) spent his life in a tiny area of western Provence.
We visited Fabre's study, on the second floor of his home, which doubled as his herbarium, pleased to tiptoe around the workroom and laboratory of this great scholar.
Many of the plant contributions to the arboretum are from Japan, where Fabre inspires almost as much reverence as he does in his native France.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0811809358   (799 words)

  
 Favorite Resources for Catholic Homeschoolers - Science - Animals - Insects
Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was a French naturalist who penned many writings about his beloved insects.
Although it might be suitable for high school students and could possibly be read aloud to younger students, it constitutes a portion of the Freshman Lab studies at Thomas Aquinas College.
Henri Fabre is listed as one of the authors recommended in Catholic Authors: 4-Sight Edition.
www.love2learn.net /science/biology/insect.htm   (657 words)

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