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'''Charles Frédéric Girard''' (8 March 1822
Born in [[Mulhouse]], France, he studied at the College of [[Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]] as a student of [[Louis Agassiz]]. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to [[Harvard University|Harvard]]. Three years later, [[Spencer Fullerton Baird]] called him to the [[Smithsonian]] to work on its growing collection of North American [[reptile]]s, [[amphibian]]s and [[fish]]es. He worked at the museum for the next ten years and published numerous papers, many in collaboration with Baird.<ref name ="smithsonhian">[http://vertebrates.si.edu/fishes/ichthyology_history/ichs_colls/girard_charles.html Biography]</ref>
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