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Jean Rostand
PHILOSOPHER
1894 - 1977
Jean Rostand
Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand (30 October 1894 – 4 September 1977) was a French biologist, historian of science, and philosopher. Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist. His scientific work covered a variety of biological fields such as amphibian embryology, parthenogenesis and teratogeny, while his literary output extended into popular science, history of science and philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Rostand has received more than 157,421 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jean Rostand is the 995th most popular philosopher (down from 916th in 2019), the 3,641st most popular biography from France (down from 3,208th in 2019) and the 126th most popular French Philosopher.
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Rostand, Jean Cyrus
(b. Paris. France, 30 October 1894; d. Ville d’Avray, France, 4 September 1977)
biology, history of science.
A man of science and of letters alike, Jean Rostand left a legacy of work notable for both its diversity and its content. As a biologist, he concentrated on questions having to do with the great problems of life itself: reproduction (parthenogenesis, gynogenesis), the preserving effects of glycerine on sperm subjected to hypothermia, genetics, and teratogenesis. As a popularizer of science, he disseminated scientific information in clear language: he was a much sought-after speaker, and his writings were models of French style. As a historian of science, he sought to lay the groundwork for a history of biology. Finally, in his philosophical writings he expressed and upheld an ethical approach that, though not universally accepted, remains for many a model of humanity and truth.
Rostand’s father was the poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand, a member of the Académie Française and the author of Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) and L’Aiglon (1900). His
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Edmond Rostand
A brief biography
Early life
Edmond Eugène Joseph Alexis Rostand was born on 1st April 1868 in Marseilles, the eldest child and only son of a prosperous and cultured family. After a happy childhood and education at the lycée de Marseilles, Edmond moved to Paris to take his baccalaureate and to study for his law degree. But he was determined to be a poet and never practised law. He never returned, except for brief visits, to his native town of Marseilles, but he never lost his love for the warm sun of Provence. Another major influence on the young Edmond was the spa of Bagnères de Luchon, in the Pyrenees. Here as a boy he learned to love nature and the countryside.
Edmond Rostand as a college student in Paris (image courtesy of Villa Arnaga)
1901 Portrait of Rostand's wife, Rosemonde Gérard, by Ernest Hébert
Staying on in Paris after his studies, the would-be poet had at first little success. His first book of poems, Les Musardises (1890), only sold 30 copies. But he did meet
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