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  Jules Verreaux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807 - 1873) was a French botanist and ornithologist.
Verreaux was employed by the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
Verreaux also worked in China and South Africa, where he helped Andrew Smith found the South African Museum in Cape Town in 1825.
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Jules Dalou was the pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and François-Joseph Duret, and combined the vivacity and richness of the one with the academic purity and scholarship of the other.
Jules Harlow (born June 28, 1931) is a rabbi and liturgist; son of Henry and Lena Lipman Harlow.
Jules Marcou (April 20, 1824 - April 17, 1898), an eminent Swiss-American geologist, was born at Salins, in the départment of Jura, in France.
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 South Pacific Taxidermy
Jules Pierre, Jean Baptiste Edouard and Alexis Verreaux were the sons of the famous Parisian taxidermist Jacques Philippe Verreaux - founder of the famous Parisian taxidermy emporium, Maison E. Verreaux in 1800.
Born in 1807, Jules Verreaux showed an exceptional aptitude towards the field of taxidermy.
Amongst the material brought back from Africa was the preserved body of an African native, presumed one of the Bathlhaping people which inhabited the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers, possibly in the village of Kgathlane.
www.southpacifictaxidermy.com /html/brothers.htm   (986 words)

  
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Jules Auguste Lemire (April 23, 1853 - March 7, 1928), French priest and social reformer, was born at Vieux-Berquin (Nord).
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire (August 19, 1805 - November 24, 1895) was a French philosopher, journalist and statesman.
Jules Sylvain Zeller (1819 - 1900) was a French historian.
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 El Negro: Francesc Darder on "El Betchuanas" in 1888
This man was in the burial of a Head of a tribe, celebrated with splendour, during one of the severeal trips he did in seardh of the remarkable specimens which have improved the collections of a lot of museums in Europe.
He and his brother agreed to take the body from the grave when the familiy and the friends of the dead man would have left and take it to the Cape of Good Hope in order to prepare it, like it is today.
The book we can read there is one containing some writing by Jules, narrating some adventures in Africa and including a long list of naturalised animals and their prices in the market.
www.thuto.org /ubh/afhist/elnegro/eln01.htm   (1308 words)

  
 The Returen of the Arab Courier
At the age of 60, Verreaux designed this extraordinary exhibit for the Paris Exposition of 1867, where it was awarded a gold medal.
His Arab Courier is widely regarded as "the most ambitious attempt of its day"1 and "represents one of the earliest achievements in the development of the group concept of animal exhibition."2 It inspired highly theatrical exhibits by other European taxidermists who also depicted the age-old struggles between beasts, or between beasts and humans.
Jules Verreaux, despite the now-antiquated taxidermic methods and materials at his disposal, managed to impart an extraordinarily lifelike quality to his work.
www.breakthroughmagazine.com /issues/fall01/arab.htm   (430 words)

  
 The Return of the Arab Courier: 19th-century Drama in the North African Desert
Verreaux designed this extraordinary exhibit for the Paris Exposition of 1867, where it was awarded a gold medal.
At the time of the Paris Exposition of 1867, it was a logical nation to interpret the natural history of the region to the scientific world and the general public.
Verreaux fashioned the lions and the camel from metal frameworks wrapped with excelsior or straw, over which the animal skins were stretched.
www.carnegiemnh.org /exhibits/courier.htm   (648 words)

  
 Edouard Verreaux - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Edouard Verreaux   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Edouard Verreaux - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Edouard Verreaux.
Jean Baptiste Edouard Verreaux (1810 - 1868) was a French naturalist, collector and dealer.
In 1830 Verreaux travelled to South Africa to help his brother pack up a large consignment of specimens.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Edouard-Verreaux.html   (134 words)

  
 The Black Eagle Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Black Eagles are found at sea level from the Cape Province to the Drakensberg in Natal, to the Soutpansberg in the Northern Province and far beyond into the rock hills of southern Zimbabwe, Motobos Hills, where Cecil John Rhodes was laid to rest.
The Verreaux's Eagle is one of the larger eagles in southern Africa (average length 90-cm/average weight 4-5 kilos,) with a wingspan of up to 2.3 m, this graceful raptor in flight is surely an unforgettable sight.
The ceres, feet and eyebrows are yellow, their legs are feathered to their talons, and the eyes and bills are brown.
www.blackeagles.co.za /Introduction.htm   (398 words)

  
 Pierre Antoine Delalande - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Delalande was employed by the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle to collect natural history specimens.
He travelled to Brazil in 1816 and South Africa in 1818, where he collected with his nephew Jules Verreaux.
This biographical article about a scientist is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Antoine_Delalande   (88 words)

  
 WORLDTWITCH - New Caledonian Grassbird by Oscar van Rootselaar
Genus Megalurulus J. Verreaux, 1869, Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle De Paris, Bulletin, Ser.
The name Megalurulus is a diminutive of Megalurus, from the Greek megalos (great, large) and oura (the tail), referring to the long tails of these species (Jobling).
The type specimen is possibly in the Paris Museum, where Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) became assistant naturalist under Henri Milne-Edwards in 1864 (Mearns and Mearns), although no definite proof has been found.
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 Some Additional Notes on James Hepburn
There are over 1500 skins, all in excellent condition, representing about 330 species, of most of which the series is extremely good, having, to all appearances, been selected to show the differences caused by sex, age, season or locality, particulars as to these points being carefully recorded in a MS.
They have been carefully examined, determined, and ticketed by M. Jules Verreaux, Aide-Naturaliste of the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, and a Systematic Catalogue of the whole is in the course of preparation by Professor Newton.
They are accompanied by a largo collection of eggs and nests carefully identified and authenticated.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v033n04/p0169-p0171.html   (1569 words)

  
 E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL - Production Notes...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions ...
I wanted him to look so anatomically different that the audience would never be able to think that there was a person in a suit with a zipper up the back.
One enormous challenge was that Spielberg wanted E.T. to be only three feet tall with a telescopic neck and short, stubby feet.
Among the designers approached by Spielberg was Carlo Rambaldi, the talented Italian who had designed the long-limbed alien who communicates with Francoi s Truffaut's scientist at the emotional climax of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (dubbed "Puck" by the director).
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 20th anniversary edition of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial : Production Notes
Another major challenge was to make E. 's tongue work properly, with E. technical supervisor Steven Townsend coming to the rescue and constructing a mechanism requiring six separate cables.
Because Spielberg had always insisted on the importance of E. 's eyes being absolutely believable--the eyes being the window into the soul--Kathleen Kennedy took them to Los Angeles' famed Jules Stein Eye Institute--arguably the best such establishment in the world--and discovered a young woman working there named Beverly Hoffman who was hired to paint them.
Finally, three E. s were built for the film: (1) the full-sized mechanical E. was 48 inches high with his neck pulled in and 56 inches when extended.
www.cinema.com /articles/832/20th-anniversary-edition-of-et-the-extra-terrestrial-production-notes.phtml   (9165 words)

  
 El Negro Index Page
He was a young man of about 27 (see post-mortem) who died in about 1830.
His body was stolen and stuffed by two French taxidermists, the Verreaux brothers.
They took it to Paris with thousands of other specimens of African wild life, and displayed it as the "Bechuana" (i.e.
ubh.tripod.com /afhist/elnegro/eln0.htm   (771 words)

  
 spielbergfilms.com: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Articles - 20th Anniversary Edition Production Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Spielberg and former assistant Kathleen Kennedy – now promoted to full producer status – began making the rounds of the top special effects designers to achieve the near impossible.
Among the designers approached by Spielberg was Carlo Rambaldi, the talented Italian who had designed the long-limbed alien who communicates with Francois Truffaut’s scientist at the emotional climax of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (dubbed "Puck" by the director).
Steven would point out a particular picture and note details of their eyes, mouths and other features...and nearly all of them were very, very old people." In fact, Spielberg was particularly influenced by photographs of Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway and Carl Sandburg in their later years.
www.spielbergfilms.com /et20presskit.html   (5328 words)

  
 Vorompatra Central: Lore
The natives were using it as a bowl.
They would not sell it to him, so he drew a sketch of it, and in 1840 sent it to a renowned ornithologist from Paris, Jules Verreaux, then in Cape Town.
In the meantime a traveller called Goudot found remains of similar eggs in Madagascar and showed them to Professor Paul Gervais, of the Paris Museum, who attributed them at first to a sort of ostrich.
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 Verreaux, Jules P. - botanical collector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Verreaux, Jules P. Born in France on 24 August 1807, died, probably in England, on 7 September 1873.
An ornithologist and plant collector sent to Australia in 1842 by the Muséum dÕHistoire Naturelle in Paris.
Australian National Botanic Gardens ­ growing, studying and promoting Australia's flora.
www.anbg.gov.au /biography/verreauz-jules.html   (149 words)

  
 Taxidermy And Modelling
The province of taxidermy, however, is not to make hedgehogs play at cards in toy houses with toy furniture, nor rats engage in (toy) ball-room festivities, nor to find material for the antics of a "Comic Naturalist." Such things may lend themselves to comic drawing, but they are distinctly out of place in taxidermic art.
Contemporary with Ploucquet were Jules Verreaux, John Wallace, and Edwin Ward, whose " Arab Courier attacked by Lions," " A Horseman attacked by Tigers," and " Lion and Tiger Struggle," were--the first especially—fine pieces of work, which vied with Ploucquet's in execution.
Later came Rowland Ward's " Jungle " at the Colonial Exhibition, a large and ambitious work ; and then museums awakened slowly to the need for more artistic and pictorial representations of natural objects.
www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/taxidermy-1.shtml   (8852 words)

  
 Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Reel
Meanwhile, X-Men Films is reporting that Ed Verreaux has just signed on to be the costume designer for the film.
First up, Kryptonsite has a spoiler from the season finale and the network's official description of the upcoming episode "Ageless." Meanwhile, their arch-enemies at Devoted to Smallville have screen captures from last week's Lex-a-riffic episode "Onyx" and AVI video clips of actresses Erica Duranceand Allison Mack and at the Jules Verne Film Festival.
If you have the scoop on anything related to comic book movies, TV adaptations or just want to give us a briefcase full of cash, no questions asked, drop us a line and let's coordinate.
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 Excite - E.T. - Production Notes
Another major challenge was to make E.T.'s tongue work properly, with E.T. technical supervisor Steven Townsend coming to the rescue and constructing a mechanism requiring six separate cables.
Because Spielberg had always insisted on the importance of E.T.'s eyes being absolutely believable--the eyes being the window into the soul--Kathleen Kennedy took them to Los Angeles' famed Jules Stein Eye Institute--arguably the best such establishment in the world--and discovered a young woman working there named Beverly Hoffman who was hired to paint them.
Finally, three E.T.s were built for the film: (1) the full-sized mechanical E.T. was 48 inches high with his neck pulled in and 56 inches when extended.
excite.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/et2x21x03x02   (9040 words)

  
 petymol.vw.html
The French naturalist and taxidermist Pierre Jules Verreaux, (24 Aug.) 1807-73, who i.a.
P.J. Verreaux also collected a lot of natural history objects in Australia and Tasmania during the 1840s.
Another malacologically interested compatriot, ornithologist and namesake was Jean Baptiste Édouard Verreux, 1810-68, who was a brother of Jules and Alexis.
www.tmbl.gu.se /libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.vw.html   (15038 words)

  
 Verreaux, Jules Pierre - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
Verreaux, Jules Pierre - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
During the 1840s Jules Pierre Verreaux amassed a large collection of Australian natural history specimens and returned with the collection to his native Paris.
Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P000851b.htm   (87 words)

  
 Verreaux, Jules Pierre - Archival and Heritage Sources
Verreaux, Jules Pierre - Archival and Heritage Sources
Photocopy of his Australian diary 1842-45, in French, written while collecting in Van Diemen's Land and illustrated with drawings of fish, from the original held by the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [3 volumes, MS 793].
Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2001
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A colour picture shows the casket of "El Negro de Banyoles" just before the funeral ceremony hold in
1830, two French adventurers-naturalists living in Cape Town, Jules and Edouard Verreaux, unearthed the corpse of a tribal chief shortly after his funeral and stuffed it using taxidermy methods.
In 1888, the Catalan veterinarian Francisco Darder, then curator of the zoo of Barcelona, bought the stuffed corpse, known as "the Bechuana", and exhibited it later in the Darder Museum he founded in 1916 in Banyoles (province of Gerona) to display his naturalist's collections.
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 Verreaux, Jules Pierre - Bright Sparcs Published Sources
Verreaux, Jules Pierre - Bright Sparcs Published Sources
Iredale, T., 'Jules Verreaux [in Australia]', The Australian Zoologist, vol.
Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2005
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/bib/P000851p.htm   (65 words)

  
 ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE
The brief biographies included (along with other bird name derivations) in Gruson's "Words for Birds" (1973) and Choate's "Dictionary of American Bird Names" (revised ed.
1985) cannot compare with those compiled by the Mearns team; for Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bo- naparte, for example, Choate gives one paragraph, Gruson gives four (2/3 page) while Mearns and Mearns give 6% pages plus a full page portrait.
Using the list of North American birds in the sense of the 5th edition of the A.O.U. Check-list as emended in the 34th Supplement (1982.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Wilson/v101n04/p0658-p0673.html   (16354 words)

  
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Sides of breast deep olive, with broad ochreous centres, often shaped
* Through the kindness of M. Jules Verreaux we are enabled to give a figure (Plate V.) pf the adult male of this fine species, discovered
Swinhoe in March 1864, and described by him, as referred to above, in the former series of "The Ibis".
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