He was a conservator at the Museum in Rennes and later Professor in the School of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Rennes. He wrote with René OberthürLucanides de Java. Insecta; revue illustree d’Entomologie, Rennes (1912–1914), Tableaux génériques illustrés des Coléoptères de France.
Rennes (1912), various parts of Faune entomologique armoricaine with Eugène Monnot and many other works.
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