Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest
French zoologist (1784–1838)
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Desmarest was a disciple of Georges Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart, and in 1815, he succeeded Pierre André Latreille to the professorship of zoology at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1819 and to the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 1820.
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Legacy
The common name, Desmarest's hutia, honors Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, who described the species in 1822 under the synonym fourniere.
The brown algae Desmarestia is named in honour of Desmarest, as well as the family (Desmarestiaceae) — and in turn, the order (Desmarestiales) — of which the genus is the type species.
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