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Aloïs Humbert (1829–1887), the first professional curator of natural history in Geneva (2020)

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Natural history Museum curators Scientists Museums Professions and professionalization 19th century Geneva (Switzerland) Humbert, Aloïs Musée académique de Genève

Aloïs Humbert was the first scientist employed by the Musée académique de Genève, but his career as a whole has a much closer resemblance to his “gentleman scientist” contemporaries such as Henri de Saussure and Alphonse Pictet (both of whom also studied under François-Jules Pictet and contributed to the development of the museum) than to that of his successor in the post, Godefroy Lunel. His career is presented to throw light on the professionalization of science in nineteenth-century Geneva, and it is suggested that his prestige raised the status of the role of museum scientist, to the benefit of his successors.

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Authors & Contributors
Hollier, John
Hollier, Anita
Cibois, Alice
Errol Boom
Garrett-Davis, Josh
Graham, Mark R.
Journals
Archives of Natural History
Technology and Culture
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Pharmacy in History
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Publishers
Arizona State University
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pantheon Books
MIT Press
University of Pennsylvania
Concepts
Museums
Professions and professionalization
Natural history
Scientists
Museum curators
Collections
People
Germann, Gottfried Albrecht
Revilliod, Léonard
Stainton, Henry Tibbats
Necker, Louis Albert
Newton, Isaac
McLeod, Herbert
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
Places
United States
Geneva (Switzerland)
Great Britain
Tartu (Estonia)
England
London (England)
Institutions
Universität Tartu
Great Britain. Geological Survey
Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
British Museum. Natural History
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