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{{Short description|French biologist (1822–1895)}}
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| image = Girard Charles Frédéric 1822-1895.png
| birth_date = {{birth date|1822|4|8|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1895|1|29|1822|4|8|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]]
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| fields = {{Unbulleted list|[[Biology]]|[[Herpetology]]|[[Ichthyology]]}}
| workplaces = [[Smithsonian Institution]]
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| awards = [[Cuvier Prize]]
| author_abbrev_zoo = '''Girard'''
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'''Charles Frédéric Girard''' ({{IPA-fr|ʃaʁl fʁedeʁik ʒiʁaʁ}}; 8 March 1822 – 29 January 1895) was a French [[biologist]] specializing in [[ichthyology]] and [[herpetology]].
== Biography ==
In 1854, he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen. Besides his work at the Smithsonian, he managed to earn an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] from [[Georgetown University]] in Washington, D.C. in 1856. In 1859 he returned to France and was awarded the [[Cuvier Prize]] by the [[Institute of France]] for his work on the North American reptiles and fishes two years later.<ref name ="smithsonhian"/>
When the [[American Civil War]] broke out, he joined the [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]] as an agent for surgical and medical supplies. After the war, he remained in France and started a medical career. During the [[Franco-Prussian War]] he served as a military physician and published an important paper on the [[typhoid fever]] after the [[Siege of Paris (
He retired in 1891, and spent the rest of his life in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], where he died
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==Eponymy==
Girard is commemorated in the names of the following taxa:<ref name="Goode1891">{{cite journal|first=George Brown|last= Goode|title=The published writings of Dr. Charles Girard|journal=Bulletin of the United States National Museum|number=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7dMXTu8f38C|year=1891
*''[[Girardinus]]'' [[Felipe Poey y Aloy|Poey]], 1854
*''[[Girardinichthys]]'' [[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1860
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==See also==
*[[:Category:Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard|Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard]]
==References==
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[[Category:Harvard University staff]]
[[Category:Georgetown University School of Medicine alumni]]
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[[Category:19th-century American zoologists]]
[[Category:19th-century French zoologists]]
[[Category:American herpetologists]]
[[Category:American ichthyologists]]
[[Category:French emigrants to the United States]]
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