Hippolyte Louis Gory


Hippolyte Louis Gory was a French entomologist.

Life

Hippolyte Louis Gory was born in Paris, 5th arrondissement the 27 September 1800. He was married to Sophie Marie Sotom at Paris 30 March 1826. He died 26 April 1852 at Paris, 11ème arrondissement.

Works

Horn & Schenkling give a list of 63 entomological works
One of his main works was the Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères, volumes 2-4; Castelnau writing the first volume only. This has become one of the rarest entomological books.
Another well-known magistral work is the Monographie des Cétoines et genres voisins, published with Achille Rémy Percheron.