Delafond, Onésime
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| Birthname | Henri Mamert Onézime Delafond | ||||
| born on | 13 February 1805 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | St.Amand en Puisaye, France, 47n31, 3e04 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m3e04 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   24°50'   25°17 Asc. 17°20'
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Biography
French veterinarian who was one of the primary representatives of veterinary science in France during the first half of the nineteenth century.
He served as a professor and director of the Maisons-Alfort veterinary school. He was a member of the Académie de Médecine and of the Société nationale d'agriculture.
Delafond is remembered for pioneer microscopic research of Bacillus anthracis, the causative organism of anthrax. Also, with microbiologist David Gruby (1810–1898), he performed extensive investigations of Tritrichomonas suis, a parasite found in swine.
In 1842 with Gabriel Andral (1797–1876) and Jules Gavarret (1809–1890), he was co-author of an important treatise on domestic animal blood composition. He co-published another treatise with Honoré Bourguignon.
He died on 15 November 1861, aged 56.
Events
Source Notes
Gauquelin Vol 2/194
Sy Scholfield cites same data from birth certificate quoted in "A propos de Henri-Mamer-Onésime Delafond," Revue d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, 1958, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 344-345: "« L'an treize de la République, vingt-cinq du mois de Pluviôse (2), à six heures du matin, pardevant Nous, Jean-Baptiste Clair Dethou, Maire, Officier de l'État- civil de la commune de Saint-Amand, Chef- Lieu de Canton, Département de la Nièvre, ... lequel nous a présenté un enfant du sexe masculin, né hier à dix heures du soir..." [1].
Categories
- Vocation : Education : Researcher (Medical research)
- Vocation : Medical : Veterinarian
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
