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Alfred Mathieu Giard

French zoologist · France · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1846 to 1908 · aged 62

Alfred Mathieu Giard was a French zoologist born in Valenciennes. He served as a professor of zoology at the Faculty of Sciences in Lille. He specialized in parasitology, and the genus Giardia was named after him by Johann Künstler in 1882.

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1926Jean Reynaud PrizeAward1908Died8 August 19081899Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault AwardAward1896Serres prizeAward1895Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1846Born8 August 1846

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Jean Reynaud Prize1926
Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault Award1899
Serres prize1896
Knight of the Legion of Honour1895
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
Knight of the Order of Leopold (Austria)
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star

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Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1846 to 1908 · aged 62