Descourtilz, Jean-Théodore Dates of birth and death: 1798 - 1855
Also known as: J.-T. D. ; Théodore des Courtilz ;Worked for: Michel Étienne Descourtilz: Flore Médicale des Antilles ; Des champignons comestibles, suspects et vénéreux (Paris 1827); John Lindley ; Muséum national de l'Histoire naturelle ; Oiseaux brillans (et remarquables) du Bresil (Paris 1834) ; Ornithologie Brésilienne our Histoire des Oiseaux du Brésil (Rio de Janeiro 1854) ;
Desfontaines, René Louiche Dates of birth and death: 1750 in Tremblay in Brittany - 1833
Also known as: R. L. D. ; Worked for: Jacques-Louis-Florentin Engramelle (1734-1814) ; Jardin des Plantes Paris (replacing Lemonnier) ;
Desfriches, Aignan Thomas Dates of birth and death: 1715 in Orléans - 1800
Also known as: A. T. D. ; Mr. Desfriches d'Orléans ;Worked for: Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782): L'Art de rafiner le sucre (1764) ; Louis Daniel Arnault de Nobleville & Etienne Chardon de Courcelles: Manuel des dames de charité ou Formules de médicamens faciles (1765) ;
Deshayes, Jean Eléazard Dates of birth and death: 1795 fl. - 1848
Also known as: J. E. D. ;Worked for: Edouard Adolphe Duchesne ; Jean Baptiste Duchesne ;
Deshayes, Gérard Paul Dates of birth and death: 1795 / 1796 ? in Nancy - 1875
Also known as: G. P. D. ; Worked for: Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris Georges Léopold Chrétien Fréderick Dagobert, Baron de Cuvier (1769-1832) ;
Desjardins, Mme ° Dates of birth and death: 1840 fl. - 1860 fl.
Also known as: Worked for: George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) ; Christ. Hor. Bén. Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804-1863) ; Magasin de zoologie (Paris 1831-45/49) ;
Deslongchamps, Eugène Dates of birth and death: 1830 in Caen - 1889
Also known as: E. E.-D. ; Eudes-Deslongchamps ; Worked for: Louis Claude Desaulses de Freycinet (1779-1842) ; E. E. D.: Pleurostomaires du Calvados (1848) & Téléosauriens Jurassique du Calvados (1863) ; Gustave Lennier: Etudes géol.paléont. l'embouchure la Seine (1868) ; Thomas Davidson: Brachiopodes (1856) ;
Desmadryl, Narcisse Edmond Joseph Dates of birth and death: 1801 in Lille - 1890 ?
Also known as: N. E. J. D. ; Narcisse Edm. Jos. ;Worked for: Frédéric Cailliaud (1787-1869) ; Maximilian Alexander Philipp Prinz zu Wied (1782-1867) ;
Desmarées, Georg Dates of birth and death: 1697 in Gimo (= Gimöby, Upland, Sweden) - 1776
Also known as: G. D. ; Georg(e)(s) de Marées ;Worked for: Johann Jakob Scheucher (1672-1733) ; Johann Andreas Pfeffel d.Ä. (1674-1748): the latter's portait in the copper-bible.
