| LC control no. | no2021025539 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Villepreux-Power, Jeanne, 1794-1871 |
| Variant(s) | Power, Jeanne, 1794-1871 Power, Jeanne Villepreux, 1794-1871 |
| Associated country | France |
| Birth date | 1794 |
| Death date | 1871 |
| Field of activity | Dressmaking Oceanography Marine biology |
| Profession or occupation | Women dressmakers Dressmakers Women marine scientists Women oceanographers Marine scientists Oceanographers |
| Found in | Griffith, Evan. Secrets of the sea, ©2021: title page (Jeanne Power, revolutionary marine scientist) Jeanne's life and legacy (Jeanne Villepreux-Power was born on September 25, 1794 in the little village of Juillac in France. In 1812, when she was eighteen years old, Jeanne left home and moved to Paris to become a seamstress. There she made a name for herself by designing the wedding gown for the Italian princess Marine-Caroline. Jeanne and James [Power] married in 1818... They settled in Messina, a coastal city in the northeast corner of Sicily. ...she turned her mind to science and natural history. Jeanne is best known, though, for solving the mystery of the paper nautilus, as well as for her innovative aquariums, which she began building in 1832.) Wikipedia viewed 3 March, 2021: (Jeanne Villepreux-Power, born Jeanne Villepreux (24 September 1794 - 25 January 1871), was a pioneering French marine biologist who in 1832 was the first person to create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms. The English biologist Richard Owen referred to her as the "Mother of Aquariophily.") <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Villepreux-Power> |
| Associated language | fre |
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