Hall of Fame: François Péron

Biographical info

Name: François Péron

Born: 22 August 1775 in Cérilly, France; Died: 14 Dec 1810 in Cérilly, of tuberculosis.

Major Accomplishments:
As the physician on the French Expedition to Australia, commanded by Nicholas Baudin aboard the "Le Geographe", Péron became friends with the artist Lesueur. Together, they described and illustrated many new taxa of medusae, and they continued to work together upon their return to France. Although their work was responsible for providing many of the genus and species names still in use today, their main work was never published (a manuscript of over 400 pages by Péron and 96 plates by Lesueur). Like many of his compatriots from the Baudin Expedition (including Baudin himself), Péron died early of disease, probably acquired while overseas.

Honorific taxa:
Peronidia Dall, 1900
Peronia (Peronia) peronii (Cuvier, 1804)

Scalpellum peronii (J.E. Gray, 1825)
Ibacus peronii Leach, 1815
Xantho peronii Milne Edwards, 1834
Venus peronii Lamarck, 1818
Vermetus peronii Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817 [Mollusca]
Cymbulea peroni Lamarck, 1819 [Mollusca]
Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830)
Cryptoplax peroni Rochebrune,
Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804 [Mollusca]
Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri Goy, 1990 [Cnidaria: Scyphozoa]