Vincent Allard (18 December 1921 – 22 January 1994)[1] was a Belgian entomologist.

Born at Braine l'Alleud, south Brussels, Vincent Allard received his medical studies in France where he obtained several degrees from the University of Paris and Institut Pasteur in 1947 and 1948. In 1949 he was in the United States where he studied fungal diseases at the Harvard Medical School. Then he lived in Zaïre where he developed laboratories and was professor of histology general until 1975.

He published several books and many works on Coleoptera. He had a very large collection of beetles, all accurately named.

Books

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Works [2]

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Here is the complete list of his works:

Entomological terms named after him

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List of the taxa described by Vincent Allard

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Names revised

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References

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  1. ^ "Jacques Rigout: Vincent Allard (18 décembre 1921 - 22 janvier 1994) Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 81, pp. 3-5". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  2. ^ "Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat: complete list of works published". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  3. ^ "Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 82; pp.39". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-07-03.