Charles Alexandre Lesueur

Charles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist, and explorer. He was a prolific natural-history collector, gathering many type specimens in Australia, Southeast Asia, and North America, and was also responsible for describing numerous species, including the spiny softshell turtle, smooth softshell turtle,…

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Who was born first?

• Charles Alexandre Lesueur and Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent were born the same year
• Charles Alexandre Lesueur and Giovanni Battista Belzoni were born the same year
• Charles Alexandre Lesueur and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen were born the same year
• Charles Alexandre Lesueur was born 1 year before Zebulon Pike
• Charles Alexandre Lesueur was born 1 year before Carl Ritter

Timeline

1. Charles Alexandre Lesueur (this page)January 1, 1778 – December 12, 1846
2. Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenSeptember 9, 1778 – January 13, 1852
3. Giovanni Battista BelzoniNovember 5, 1778 – December 3, 1823
4. Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-VincentJuly 6, 1778 – December 22, 1846
5. Carl RitterAugust 7, 1779 – September 28, 1859
6. Zebulon PikeJanuary 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813

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