Wabours of Pierre Lyornet, the Entomologrsi.

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NLY think of an entomologist celebrated
for having devoted several years to the
investigation of a single insect! Surely
he deserves to be ranked among the en-

thusiasts of science. Pierre Lyonnet, ahke dis-

tinguished as a naturalist, an anatomist, and an
engraver, was born on the 21st July 1707, at

Maestricht. His family came originally from

Lorraine, having been driven from their native

country by religious persecution. Huis father, who

was pastor of the French Church at Keusden,
destined his son for the same sacred calling, and
educated him with that view. Having an extra-

 

ordinary aptitude for acquiring languages, he made
himself master, at an early age, of Latin, Greek,
Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish, and English,
with all which he was almost equally conversant.
At the same time he studied the exact sciences
and attained considerable proficiency in drawing
wnd sculpture.