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### Author
Milne-Edwards, Alphonse (1835-1900), French-born (English parents) palaeontologist, especially palaeo-ornithologist; Dr. med. Paris 1860; Dr. sci. id. 1861; aide-naturaliste Muséum 1862-1865; professor at the Paris School of Pharmacy 1865-1895; from 1876 in various functions again at the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, director 1891-1900.
**Abbreviated name**: *Milne-Edw.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Milne-Edw.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
None known.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 494; BM 2: 507-509; CSP 2: 447, 7: 596-599, 10: 816-818, 12: 510, 17: 260-262; Jackson p. 58, 144, 184; Kew 4: 8; Langman p. 508; PH 1, 567; PR 6246; Quenstedt p. 296; Tucker 1: 488.
- Anon., Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 39: I. 1885 (death of father), 50: lxxxi. 1900; The Auk ser. 2. 17: 321. 1900 (obit.); Ibis 6: 563-564. 1900; Leopoldina 21: 162. 1885; Nat. Nov. 22: 269. 1900 (d.); Science 11: 757. 1900 (obit.).
- Grandidier, A., La Géographie 1: 341-354. 1900 (portr.).
- Gaudry, A. et al., Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. 6(4): 145-163. 1900 (obit., various éloges, portr., b. 13 Oct 1835, d. 21 Apr 1900).
- Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 259. 1977.
- Lacroix, A., Figures de savants 2: 55-113, *pl. 4-5.*
- Lacroix, A., Mém. Acad. Sci., Paris 58: i-lxxiv. 1926 (biogr., bibl.).
- Lévy, M., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 130: 1085-1088. 1900 (obit.), see also 131; 1034-1035. 1901.
- Loewy, M. \[= Lévy, M.\] et al., Rev. sci. \[Rev. rose\] 13: 545-548. 1900 (obit.).
- Moissan et al., J. Pharm., Paris 11: 513-520. 1900.
- Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 284. 1969.
- Perrier, E., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 2: xli-lxiii. 1900 (main biogr. of Henri (father) and Alphonse M.-E., portr., bibl.).
- R. L., Nature 62: 15. 1900 (obit.).
- Renault, B., Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Autun. 13: 371-404. 1900 (biogr., bibl., portr.), reprint Autun, 35 p.
- Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 171. 1942.
- Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 108. 1905.
- Zittel, K. A. von, Hist. geol. palaeontol. 418. 1901.
### Publications
##### n.6079. De la famille des Solanacées
**Title**
École supérieure de pharmacie de Paris. Thèse présentée au Concours d'aggrégation (section des sciences naturelles). *De la famille des Solanacées*... Paris (Imprimerie de E. Martinet...) 1864. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fam. Solan.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1864, p. \[1\]-137, \[1, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-2*(col.). *Copy*: US.
*Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 23: 225. 14 Jul 1865.
##### n.6080. L'Expédition du Talisman
**Title**
*L'Expédition du Talisman* faite dans l'Océan atlantique... Paris (Gauthier-Villars, ...) 1884. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1884 (t.p.: 1884; Bot. Centralbl. 3-7 Mar 1884), p. \[1\]-31. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. hebd. Ass. sci. France 16 & 23 Dec 1883 (1884).
*Ref*.: Vesque, Bot. Centralbl. 18: 108. 1884 (rev.).