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Urbain, Achille Joseph
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Dates of existence
1884-1957
History
In 1906 he obtained his degree from the national veterinary school at Lyon, afterwards attaining a bachelor's degree in natural sciences in 1912, and a doctorate of sciences with a thesis involving plant physiology in 1920. During his career he worked in a military veterinary research laboratory and conducted studies as a microbiologist and immunologist at the Pasteur Institute. In 1931 he resigned from military service, and in 1934 was appointed director of the Vincennes Zoo in Paris. From 1942-1949, he was director of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. In 1937 he scientifically described the kouprey, based on a young male captured in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia