Francois Victor Massena, 2nd Duke of Rivoli
Amateur ornithologist
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| Intro | Amateur ornithologist | ||||||||
| Places | France | ||||||||
| was | Zoologist Scientist | ||||||||
| Work field | Biology Science | ||||||||
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| Birth | 2 April 1799, Antibes, France | ||||||||
| Death | 16 April 1863 (aged 64 years) | ||||||||
| Star sign | Aries | ||||||||
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François Victor Masséna, 2nd Duke of Rivoli and 3rd Prince of Essling (born 2 April 1799 in Antibes, died 16 April 1863) was an amateur ornithologist. He was the youngest of four children of André Masséna, 2nd Prince of Essling and Anne Marie Rosalie Lamare.
His siblings were Victoire Thècle Masséna, Marie Anne Elisabeth Masséna and Jacques Prosper Masséna.
Masséna accumulated a large bird collection of 12,500 specimens, which he sold to Dr. Thomas Bellerby Wilson in 1846. Wilson gave the collection to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Massena described a number of new parrots with his nephew Charles de Souancé, including the green-cheeked parakeet. The slaty-tailed trogon, crimson-mantled woodpecker and Rivoli's hummingbird were all named in his honor.
In 1823 he married Anna Massena, Duchess of Rivoli and they had four children. Anna's hummingbird was named in her honor by René Primevère Lesson.