Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix

Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix
Born	(1758-04-27)27 April 1758
Died	8 January 1830(1830-01-08) (aged 71)
Known for	Description of Javanese bird species
Children	Marie Clémence Lesson
Scientific career
Fields	Lawyer and amateur ornithologist
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Dumont

Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix (27 April 1758 – 8 January 1830) was a French zoologist.

A lawyer by trade, he was also an enthusiastic amateur ornithologist.[1] Between 1817 and 1818, he described a number of Javanese bird species discovered by Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour;[1] he also contributed articles on ornithology to the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, edited and published from 1816 to 1830 by F. G. Levrault.[2]

Dumont de Sainte-Croix's daughter, Clémence married René-Primevère Lesson, a surgeon and noted French naturalist.[3]

His younger brother, André Dumont was elected to the Convention during the French Revolution.

He was honoured in 1813, in the naming of Dumontia, which is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Dumontiaceae.[4]

References

1. Stresemann, p. 117
2. F. G. Levrault, ed. (1816–1830). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris: Levrault.
3. Stresemann, p. 138
4. "Dumontia J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

Bibliography

• Stresemann, Erwin (1975). Ornithology from Aristotle to the Present. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-64485-9.