Jean Auguste Margueritte (15 January 1823 – 6 September 1870), French General, father of Victor Margueritte and Paul Margueritte.
Jean Auguste Margueritte | |
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| Born | 15 January 1823 Manheulles, France |
| Died | 6 September 1870 (aged 47) Beauraing, Belgium |
| Allegiance | Second French Empire |
| Years of service | 1837–1870 |
| Rank | Général de division |
| Commands | 1st Chasseurs d'Afrique Regiment |
| Battles / wars | French intervention in Mexico Franco-Prussian War |
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After a career in Algeria,[1] General Margueritte was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, in which the Emperor was defeated and captured. He died in Belgium.[2] An account of his life was published by his son, Paul Margueritte as Mon père (1884; enlarged ed., 1897).
The sand cat is named in his honour, being given the binomial name Felis margarita.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Cole, F. Russell; Wilson, Don E. (2015-08-31). "Felis margarita (Carnivora: Felidae)". Mammalian Species. 47 (924): 63–77. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sev007. ISSN 0076-3519.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Margueritte, Paul and Victor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 706.
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