Jacques Forest

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French carcinologist (1920–2012)

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::summary French carcinologist (1920–2012) ::

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nameJacques Forest
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birth_placeCréteil, Val-de-Marne
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nationalityFrench
fieldsCarcinology
workplacesMuséum national d'histoire naturelle
alma_materUniversity of Lille
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| name = Jacques Forest | birth_date = | birth_place = Créteil, Val-de-Marne | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = French | fields = Carcinology | workplaces = Muséum national d'histoire naturelle | alma_mater = University of Lille

Jacques Forest (14 June 1920 – 16 February 2012) was a French carcinologist.

Biography

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Born in Créteil on 14 June 1920, Jacques Forest grew up in Maubeuge. He served in the army for a year during the Second World War, and went on to study at the University of Lille after demobilisation. After graduating, he worked for several years for the Office Scientifique et Technique des Pêches Maritimes ("scientific and technical office for marine fisheries"; now part of IFREMER); his early publications concerned a variety of fish species. In 1949, he joined the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, where he would remain for the rest of his career.

In association with Louis Fage, Forest began working on hermit crabs, and rapidly became an expert; he described over 70 new species in the family Diogenidae, for example. He also published on other Decapoda, including crabs and, most significantly, Neoglyphea inopinata, a living species of a group previously considered long-since extinct.

Forest was also an enthusiastic field biologist, and took part in several oceanographic expeditions. He launched the MUSORSTOM expeditions in 1976. He was also involved with the scientific journals Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle and Crustaceana.

Forest retired on 1 October 1989, at the age of 69, and continued to be involved with the journal Crustaceana until 2003. The Crustacean Society awarded Forest their Excellence in Research Award in 2008. He died on 16 February 2012.

Legacy

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References

References

  1. Danielle Defaye & J. Carel von Vaupel Klein. (2012). "Professor Jacques Forest (1920–2012)". [[Crustaceana]].
  2. Lucien Laubier. (2002). "Jacques Forest, ou la passion des Crustacés". [[Crustaceana]].
  3. Colin McLay. (2008). "Jacques Forest recipient of the Crustacean Society Award for Research Excellence". [[Journal of Crustacean Biology]].
  4. Hans G. Hansson. "Prof. Jacques Forest". [[University of Gothenburg.
  5. Peter K. L. Ng & Paul F. Clark. (2003). "Three new genera of Indo-West Pacific Xanthidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthoidea)". [[Zoosystema]].
  6. Patsy McLaughlin. (2012). "''Jacquesia'' de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 1999".
  7. (2002). "On the Genus ''Munida'' Leach, 1820 (Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Western and Southern Indian Ocean, with the Description of Four New Species". Crustaceana.

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