Charles Athanase Walckenaer
1771–1852
French naturalist, writer, government official. Inspector-general of army transport (Pyrenees), 1793. Prefect, Nièvre, 1826; Aisne, 1828. Retired from government service in 1830 to pursue his other interests. Founding member of the French entomological society, 1832. (Bonnet 1945–61, 1: 31).
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