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Vincent Allard

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Vincent Allard (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ alaʁ]; 18 December 1921 22 January 1994)[1] was a Belgian entomologist.

Born at Braine l'Alleud, south Brussels, Vincent Allard received his medical studies in France where he obtained several degrees from the University of Paris and Institut Pasteur in 1947 and 1948. In 1949 he was in the United States where he studied fungal diseases at the Harvard Medical School. Then he lived in Zaïre where he developed laboratories and was professor of histology general until 1975.

He published several books and many works on Coleoptera. He had a very large collection of beetles, all accurately named.

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Works

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Here is the complete list of his works:[2]

Entomological terms named after him

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List of the taxa described by Vincent Allard

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Names revised

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References

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  1. "Jacques Rigout: Vincent Allard (18 décembre 1921 - 22 janvier 1994) Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 81, pp. 3-5". Retrieved 2013-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. "Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat: complete list of works published". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  3. "Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 82; pp.39". Retrieved 2013-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)