Quotes:Milne-Edwards, Alphonse

Zirkoff, Boris

Milne-Edwards, Alphonse (1835-1900). French naturalist, son of Henri Milne-Edwards, b. at Paris, Oct. 13, 1835; d. there, 1900. Doctor of medicine at the faculty of Paris, 1860; prof. of zoology at the Superior School of Pharmacy, 1865; asst. director of the zoological laboratory at the School of Higher Studies, 1869, and director there, 1880; director of the Museum of natural history, 1892. Wrote a great number of essays on zoology and paleontology, and made exhaustive explorations of great sea-depths and their life, 1880–83. Chief work: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux (with Alphonse Grandidier). Paris: Impr. nationale, 1878–85. 4 vols.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, p. 468