Pierre-Joseph van Beneden
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Pierre-Joseph van Beneden
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| Born |
19 December 1809 Mechelen, Belgium |
| Died | 8 January 1894 (aged 84) Leuven, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Fields |
zoology paleontology |
| Alma mater | University of Louvain |
| Influences | Georges Cuvier |
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden FRS FRSE FGS FZS (19 December 1809 – 8 January 1894) was a Belgian zoologist and paleontologist.
Born in Mechelen, Belgium, he studied medicine at the State University of Leuven, and studied zoology in Paris under Georges Cuvier (1769–1832). In 1831 he became curator at the natural history museum in Leuven, and from 1836 until 1894 was a professor of zoology at the Catholic University of Leuven. In 1842 he became a member of the Académie des sciences de Belgique, becoming its President in 1881. In 1875 became a foreign member of the Royal Society of London and in 1884 an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
In 1843 he established one of the world's first marine laboratories and aquariums.
He was the father of biologist Edouard van Beneden (1846–1910). Pierre-Joseph van Beneden died in Louvain, Belgium.
Van Beneden was a specialist in the field of parasitology, being known for his comprehensive studies on the development, transformation, and life-histories of parasitic worms. In 1858 a treatise on this subject won the Grand prix des sciences physiques of the Institut de France. It was published in the "International Scientific Series" (1875), under the title Les commensaux et les parasites dans le règne animal, and was translated into English and German.
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