Jean-Jacques Kieffer

Jean-Jacques Kieffer (1857, Guinkirchen , near Boulay- December, 1925 , Bitche, was a French entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera and Diptera.After his studies at the seminar of Metz, Kieffer became a priest in 1880. Appointed professor of natural science to the college of Bitche (Holy Institute Augustin), he remained in this post for 45 years.Jean-Jacques Kieffer became an entomologist of international fame. He specialized in the study of parasitic insects.They were in particular Cynipidae , and Cecidomyiidae. He also worked on Chironomidae. In 1887, he described "Aulax hypochoeidis Kieffer" the first among hundreds of insects, previously unknown and which bore, from now on, his name. His work earned him, in 1904, the title of "Doctor honoris causa" of the University of Strasbourg. In 1919, he was elected president of the Lorraine Society of Natural History. At the request of the Pasteur Institute, in 1922 and 1923, Jean-Jacques Kieffer went to Algeria to study there the mosquito vectors of diseases. Research of this famous scientist contributed to the development of the biological control of parasitic insects by using their own parasites.

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* [http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/pres-etab/colljeanjacqueskiefferbitche/qui/kieffer/JeanJacquesKieffer1.html Biography in French, portrait]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/diapriidae44kief Internet Archive] Free download of Kieffer, J.J. 1916. Diapriidae. "Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen". Vol. 44.. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, 627 pp.
* [http://www.archive.org/details/serphidaeproctot42kief Internet Archive] Free download of Kieffer, J.J.A. 1914. Hymenoptera. Serphidae (= Proctotrupidae) et Calliceratidae (= Ceraphronidae). "Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen". R. Friedlander und Sohn, Berlin. Vol. 42: xvii + 254 pp.