René-Primevère Lesson

René Primevère Lesson (March 20, 1794 - April 28, 1849) was a French surgeon and naturalist. He was born at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.

At the age of sixteen he entered the Naval Medical School in Rochefort. He served in the French Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

Lesson was the first naturalist to see live birds of paradise in the Moluccas and New Guinea.

In the field of herpetology he described many new species of amphibiansAmphibian Species of the World. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/. and reptiles.The Reptile Database. http://www.reptile-database.org.

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