page_title: Pierre-Joseph van Beneden
section_title: Scientific work
hierarchical_section_title: Pierre-Joseph van Beneden / Scientific work
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of the biologist Pierre-Joseph van Beneden at the Pierre-Joseph van Benedenlaan in Mechelen, Belgium (birth place of the figure). The statue was inaugurated at 24 July 1898 (inscription on the back side of the monument). On the front you can read "P.J. VAN BENEDEN 1809-1894". At the sides you can read, in Dutch at the one side and in French on the other "To the world-famous naturalist and professor". At the side of the Dutch inscription you may read "Jul. Lagae" beneath the figure's feet. This is the name of Jules Lagae (1862-1931), the Flemish sculptor and creator of the statue. Nederlands: Standbeeld van de bioloog Pierre-Joseph van Beneden aan de Pierre-Joseph van Benedenlaan in Mechelen, België (geboorteplaats van de figuur). Het standbeeld werd ingehuldigd op 24 juli 1898 (naar het opschrift aan de achterzijde). Frontaal kan men lezen: "P.J. VAN BENEDEN 1809-1894". Aan de zijden kan men in het Frans aan de ene kant en in het Nederlands andere kant lezen: "Aan den wereldberoemden natuurkundige en hoogleraar". Aan de zijde van het Nederlandstalige opschrift kan men net onder de voeten van de figuur "Jul. Lagae" lezen. Dit is de naam van Jules Lagae (1862-1931), de (West)-Vlaamse beeldhouwer en schepper van dit standbeeld. Русский: Памятник Пьеру-Жозефу ван Бенедену в Бельгии
context_page_description: Pierre-Joseph van Beneden FRS FRSE FGS FZS was a Belgian zoologist and paleontologist.
context_section_description: 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.
  He did extensive research in marine biology, and in 1843 established an aquarium and marine laboratory in Ostend. 
  With French zoologist Paul Gervais (1816–1879), he published an important work on extinct and living cetaceans titled Ostéographie des Cétacés, vivants et fossiles. His interest in this matter had begun during the excavations rendered necessary by the fortifying of Antwerp, when a number of bones of fossil whales were exposed to view. His papers on the extinct species found near Antwerp were published in the Annales du musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Brucelles, and with them was incorporated a description of the fossil seals which were discovered in the same area.
  He introduced the term mutualism in 1876.
caption: Pierre-Joseph van Beneden (statue in Mechelen)
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