At the age of 37 he married Bertha Marcellis. Three years later, in 1895, he was put in charge of the Invertebrate Collection, and in 1896 becoming assistant director of the Museum. When the post of Director fell vacant in 1906 following Sclater's resignation, the Board of Trustees had no hesitation in appointing Péringuey as director. In the same year he started delivering lectures in forest entomology at the S.A. College, and was awarded a doctorate in Natural Sciences by the University of the Cape of Good Hope. Despite financial stringencies, the Museum engaged in an active program of collecting, research and publication. A dearth of transport meant that collectors often had to travel by train, donkey-cart and ox-wagon. He made important contributions in the field of physical anthropology, and produced a set of plaster casts of the San to record their physical appearance.[citation needed]
An overcrowded museum made expansion necessary, but the outbreak of World War I stopped all construction. Péringuey persuaded the authorities to purchase four old corrugated iron buildings in 1922, which subsequently served as store rooms.[citation needed]
Péringuey was powerfully built and tall, dynamic and strong-willed. He had an enormous capacity for work, and a prodigious memory, but was also short-tempered and obstinate, with a great distrust of academics. His dislike of Germans led to his naming the genus Bochus in the family Gryllacrididae, and the type species contemnendus (i.e. 'contemptible German'). When the family was revised many years later by an Austrian authority, the taxon was found to be a synonym of B. puncticeps, translating as 'the German with the pointy head'.[1][2][3][4]
On 20 February 1924, aged 69, Péringuey died near the Museum while walking home.[citation needed]
Stellenbosch Archaeological Reserve In a road-makers borrow-pit here in 1899 Louis Perinquey made the first discovery of "Stellenbosch" stone implements and thereby proved the great antiquity of man in South Africa.
Referencesedit
^Péringuey, Louis Albert (1855-1924) Museums of Cape Town
^synonym Bochus contemnendus Péringuey, 1916 October 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^systematics of Southern African Anostostomatidae (Orthoptera) based on morphological and molecular data June 2006
^"iziko South African museum: Louis Albert Péringuey". media1.mweb.co.za. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Péringuey", p. 203).
^Dempsey, W. C. (19 October 1962). "The Archaeological Reserve" (PDF). Information in Connection with the Municipality of Stellenbosch (IMS). Municipality of Stellenbosch. 1 (35): 7. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
^Seddon, J. D. (October 1966). "The Early Stone Age at Bosman's Crossing, Stellenbosch". The South African Archaeological Bulletin. South African Archaeological Society. 21 (83): 133–137. doi:10.2307/3888433. JSTOR 3888433.
^Deacon, H. J. (1975). "Demography, Subsistence, and Culture During the Acheulian in Southern Africa". In Butzer, Karl W.; Isaac, Glynn L. (eds.). After the Australopithecines: Stratigraphy, Ecology, and Culture Change in the Middle Pleistocene. pp. 543–570. ISBN9783110878837.
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Louis Albert Peringuey MSc French pronunciation lwi albɛʁ peʁɛ ɡɛ 9 October 1855 Bordeaux 20 February 1924 Cape Town was a South African entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and prehistory Louis PeringueyBorn 1855 10 09 9 October 1855Bordeaux FranceDied20 February 1924 1924 02 20 aged 68 Cape Town South AfricaEducationUniversity of the Cape of Good HopeSpouseBertha Marcellis m 1892 wbr Scientific careerFieldsEntomologyInstitutionsSouth African Museum 1882 1924 Contents 1 Biography 2 Stellenbosch Archaeological Reserve 3 References 4 External linksBiography editPeringuey was a collector for museums in Senegal Gambia and Madagascar for three years before emigrating in 1879 to Cape Town in Cape Colony where he taught French at the South African College and the Diocesan College He worked as a volunteer on Coleoptera at the South African Museum in 1882 and two years later became a member of the permanent staff Shortly after he also took up an appointment as inspector general of vineyards citation needed At the age of 37 he married Bertha Marcellis Three years later in 1895 he was put in charge of the Invertebrate Collection and in 1896 becoming assistant director of the Museum When the post of Director fell vacant in 1906 following Sclater s resignation the Board of Trustees had no hesitation in appointing Peringuey as director In the same year he started delivering lectures in forest entomology at the S A College and was awarded a doctorate in Natural Sciences by the University of the Cape of Good Hope Despite financial stringencies the Museum engaged in an active program of collecting research and publication A dearth of transport meant that collectors often had to travel by train donkey cart and ox wagon He made important contributions in the field of physical anthropology and produced a set of plaster casts of the San to record their physical appearance citation needed An overcrowded museum made expansion necessary but the outbreak of World War I stopped all construction Peringuey persuaded the authorities to purchase four old corrugated iron buildings in 1922 which subsequently served as store rooms citation needed Peringuey was powerfully built and tall dynamic and strong willed He had an enormous capacity for work and a prodigious memory but was also short tempered and obstinate with a great distrust of academics His dislike of Germans led to his naming the genus Bochus in the family Gryllacrididae and the type species contemnendus i e contemptible German When the family was revised many years later by an Austrian authority the taxon was found to be a synonym of B puncticeps translating as the German with the pointy head 1 2 3 4 On 20 February 1924 aged 69 Peringuey died near the Museum while walking home citation needed He wrote Descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera of South Africa 1897 and many short scientific papers describing new taxa His collections are divided between the Iziko South African Museum Transvaal Museum Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova and the collections of the German Entomological Institute citation needed Species named after him include Peringuey s leaf toed gecko Cryptactites peringueyi Peringuey s adder Bitis peringueyi 5 and the cocktail ant Crematogaster peringueyi citation needed Additional Scelophysa trimeni 1885 Stellenbosch Archaeological Reserve edit nbsp Paleolithic biface from Stellenbosch collected by PeringueyIn 1899 Peringuey discovered Paleolithic stone tools of the Acheulean type at a site named Bosman s Crossing near the Adam Tas Bridge at the western entrance to the town of Stellenbosch in South Africa A plaque was erected at the site in 1962 by the Historical Monuments Commission with the following text 6 7 8 Stellenbosch Archaeological Reserve In a road makers borrow pit here in 1899 Louis Perinquey made the first discovery of Stellenbosch stone implements and thereby proved the great antiquity of man in South Africa References edit Peringuey Louis Albert 1855 1924 Museums of Cape Town synonym Bochus contemnendus Peringuey 1916 Archived October 20 2013 at the Wayback Machine systematics of Southern African Anostostomatidae Orthoptera based on morphological and molecular data June 2006 iziko South African museum Louis Albert Peringuey media1 mweb co za Retrieved 14 November 2017 Beolens Bo Watkins Michael Grayson Michael 2011 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press xiii 296 pp ISBN 978 1 4214 0135 5 Peringuey p 203 Dempsey W C 19 October 1962 The Archaeological Reserve PDF Information in Connection with the Municipality of Stellenbosch IMS Municipality of Stellenbosch 1 35 7 Retrieved 14 May 2014 Seddon J D October 1966 The Early Stone Age at Bosman s Crossing Stellenbosch The South African Archaeological Bulletin South African Archaeological Society 21 83 133 137 doi 10 2307 3888433 JSTOR 3888433 Deacon H J 1975 Demography Subsistence and Culture During the Acheulian in Southern Africa In Butzer Karl W Isaac Glynn L eds After the Australopithecines Stratigraphy Ecology and Culture Change in the Middle Pleistocene pp 543 570 ISBN 9783110878837 Anonym 1924 Peringuey L A Entomologist s Monthly Magazine 3 60 89 Anonym 1925 Peringuey L A So African Journ N H 5 1 8 Howard L O 1930 History of applied Entomology Somewhat Anecdotal Smiths Miscell Coll 84 X 1 564 Poggi R amp Conci C 1996 Peringuey L A Mem Soc Ent Ital 75External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louis Peringuey nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Louis Albert Peringuey Louis Albert Peringuey Director of the South African Museum 1906 1924 at the Wayback Machine archived July 18 2011 Iziko Details Descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera of South Africa by L Peringuey Biodiversity Heritage Library Louis Albert Peringuey 1855 1924 University of Nebraska Lincoln Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louis Peringuey amp oldid 1198857395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
