{"id":"rene-jeannel","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rene-jeannel","language":"en","name":"René Jeannel","name_en":"René Jeannel","name_ne":null,"description":"French entomologist (1879-1965)","headline":"French entomologist (1879-1965)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"René Jeannel was a French entomologist. He was director of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1945 to 1951. Jeannel's most important work was on the insect fauna of caves in the Pyrenees, France and in the Carpathians, Romania. He also worked in Africa. Jeannel specialised in Leiodidae but authored a large number of papers and works on other Coleoptera. He was a member of the Romanian Academy.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"23 March 1879","date":"1879-03-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"4th arrondissement of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230127"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"20 February 1965","date":"1965-02-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"7th arrondissement of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259463"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"explorer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11900058"},{"text":"entomologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3055126"},{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"},{"text":"botanist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374149"},{"text":"paleontologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662561"},{"text":"naturalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18805"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Toulouse (1896-1968)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q578023"},{"text":"Paris Medical Faculty","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3064277","end":"1907"},{"text":"Science Faculty of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3064332","end":"1911"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"director of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1950–1950)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92206202","start":"1950","end":"1950"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","date":"1932"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Commander of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855212"},{"text":"honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50621171","date":"1935"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jeannel","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933991"],"faq":[{"q":"When was René Jeannel born?","a":"René Jeannel was born on 23 March 1879 in 4th arrondissement of Paris."},{"q":"What positions has René Jeannel held?","a":"Positions held by René Jeannel include: director of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1950–1950); 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Rene Jeannel par P Nadar 1932.jpg — Paul Nadar, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"René Jeannel\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/rene-jeannel. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T08:07:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/rene-jeannel","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/rene-jeannel","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/rene-jeannel?lang=ne"}}