French naturalist (1859-1926).
Léon Diguet (25 July 1859, Le Havre – 31 August 1926, Paris) was a French naturalist. He studied science at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, where he was influenced by scientists that included biologist Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards, and anthropologist Ernest Hamy. From 1889 to 1892, he was employed as a chemical engineer at the French-owned El Boleo mining installation in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur. During that period, he explored the peninsula's interior, collecting natural history specimens for the National Museum of Na
Abbreviations: Diguet
Occupations: geologist, explorer, botanist, archaeologist, naturalist, anthropologist
Citizenships: France
Languages: French
Dates: 1859-07-25T00:00:00Z – 1926-08-31T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Le Havre
Direct attributions: 2 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 2 plants, 0 fungi