How to Pronounce Guillaume Grandidier
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Jul 01, 1873 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 13 Sep 1957 (aged 84)
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About Guillaume Grandidier
- Guillaume Grandidier (1 July 1873 – 13 September 1957) was a French geographer, ethnologist, zoologist who studied the island of Madagascar. He was the son of the wealthy industrialist Alfred Grandidier also a zoologist and expert on Madagascar.
- Guillaume Grandidier was Secretary of the Geographical Society of Paris and a prolific author. The Atlas des Colonies Françaises, Protectorats et Territoires sous Mandat de la France, simply known as the Atlas Grandidier, was published under his direction in 1934.
- Among his other works was the monumental Madagascar L'Histoire politique, physique et naturelle de Madagascar.
- This work was undertaken in cooperation with his father and others such as Alphonse Milne-Edwards and Leon Vaillant.
- This work ran to 40 volumes. Liopholidophis grandidieri, a species of snake endemic to Madagascar, was named in his honor by French herpetologist François Mocquard.
