Alfred Mathieu Giard

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alfred Mathieu Giard (1846-1908) was a French zoologist born in Valenciennes on August 8, 1846. He was a professor at the Sorbonne, at cole centrale de Lille and served as director of the marine laboratory in Wimereux (Universit Lille Nord de France). He is known for his description of Giardia lamblia, a gastrointestinal protozoan parasite that is named after Giard and Czech physician Vilem Dusan Lambl. The illness associated with the parasite is sometimes called giardiasis. In 1905 Giard coined the word poecilogonie (poecilogony) to describe a phenomenon in which similar adults develop from dissimilar larvae in marine invertebrates. He died on his birthday on August 8, 1908 in Orsay. Amongst his very numerous publications are 300 devoted to entomology.He was a figure of importance in applied entomology in France and a member of the Soci t entomologique de France.