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Louis Dollo

Belgian paleontologist and engineer (1857–1931)
Person Human Q714232

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[32]
Date of birth
December 7, 1857
Date of death
April 19, 1931
Place of birth
Lille
Place of death
Brussels, Brussels[10]
Country of citizenship
Belgium, France[11][12]
Occupation
paleontologist, mining engineer, curator, conservator, zoologist
Employer
Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium, Free University of Brussels[18][19]
Field of work
paleontology, mining, conservation biology, zoology[14][15][16][17]
Educated at
Institut industriel du Nord, Lille University of Science and Technology[20][21]
Award received
Murchison Medal[23]
Notable work
Dollo's law of irreversibility[22]
Student of
Alfred Mathieu Giard[39]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[42]
Author citation (zoology)
Dollo[38]
Birth name
Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo[43]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Belarusian encyclopedia[40][41]
Family name
Dollo[33]
Given name
Louis, Antoine, Marie, Joseph[34][35][36][37]
Interested in
paleontology[45]
Member of
Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Name in native language
Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo[44]
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Native language
French[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dollo en Louis Dollo ar لويس دولو cs Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo ja ルイ·ドロ ja ルイ・ドロー nl L. A. M. J. Dollo nl Dollo nl L.A.M.J. Dollo nl LAMJ Dollo ru Долло, Луи ru Луи Долло sv Dollo uk Луї Долло zh 路易·多洛
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
0000000080877849
VIAF cluster ID
1018149198245974940002
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79144813
GND ID
116172886
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Louis Dollo 2.JPG ↗
Académie royale de Belgique member ID
louis-antoine-marie-joseph-dollo
Alvin ID
alvin-person:6256
BHCL UUID
36234f45-fafd-48b2-bfcf-586d4a581a91
BHL creator ID
11603
BIBSYS ID
4029452
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13168541w
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
59700789
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Bionomia ID
Louis Dollo
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
dollo-louis
CiNii Research ID
1140282266767315968
Comic Vine ID
4005-155341
DDB person (GND) ID
116172886
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116172886
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Louis-Dollo
FAST ID
47253
FranceArchives agent ID
660198638
Freebase ID
/m/0f5bn8
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Louis_Dollo
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1964389
IdRef ID
035118660
KBR person ID
16959951
KNAW past member ID
PE00004862
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116172886
Museo Galileo authority ID
75160
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15635469
NE.se ID
louis-dollo
NL CR AUT ID
xx0316791
National Library of Chile ID
000101496
National Library of Portugal ID
1169927
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
13379850X
ODIS ID
PS_113348
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3893541
Open Library ID
OL1756812A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095725430
SBN author ID
UFIV069087
SHARE Catalogue author ID
514074
SNAC ARK ID
w6c25wfd
Treccani ID
louis-dollo
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
louis-dollo
Yale LUX ID
person/55240723-154a-4c04-a66d-6fb8a3c5bf75
ZOBODAT person ID
103957

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🔗 Connections
Member of 7
Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Occupation 5
curator, paleontologist, zoologist, conservator, mining engineer
Field of work 4
zoology, paleontology, mining, conservation biology
Given name 4
Joseph, Louis, Marie, Antoine
Country of citizenship 2
France, Belgium
Educated at 2
Lille University of Science and Technology, Institut industriel du Nord
Employer 2
Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium, Free University of Brussels
Named after 2
Dollo's law of irreversibility, Dollodon
Place of death 2
Brussels, Brussels
Award received 1
Murchison Medal
Bionomia ID 1
Louis Dollo
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
paleontology
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Native language 1
French
Notable work 1
Dollo's law of irreversibility
Place of birth 1
Lille
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Alfred Mathieu Giard
Teachers 1
Alfred Mathieu Giard
← Bionomia ID 1
Louis Dollo
← Discoverer or inventor 1
Dollo's law of irreversibility
← FactGrid item ID 1
Karavan
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Summary

Louis Dollo was born on December 7, 1857[1], in Lille[2]. He died on April 19, 1931[3], in Brussels[4]. He worked as a paleontologist[5], mining engineer[6], curator[7], conservator[8], and zoologist[9].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Louis Dollo include Dollo's law of irreversibility[46], a hypothesis[47] and Dollodon[48], a fossil taxon[49].

Why It Matters

Louis Dollo is credited with the discovery of Dollo's law of irreversibility[50], a hypothesis[51]. Entities named for him include Dollo's law of irreversibility[46], a hypothesis[47] and Dollodon[48], a fossil taxon[49].

FAQs

Where was Louis Dollo born?

Louis Dollo's place of birth was Lille[2].

Where did Louis Dollo die?

Louis Dollo passed away in Brussels[4].

What did Louis Dollo do for work?

Louis Dollo worked as a paleontologist[5], mining engineer[6], curator[7], conservator[8], and zoologist[9].

Where did Louis Dollo go to school?

Louis Dollo was educated at Institut industriel du Nord[20] and Lille University of Science and Technology[21].

What awards did Louis Dollo receive?

Honors received include Murchison Medal[23].

What did Louis Dollo discover?

Louis Dollo is credited as discoverer of Dollo's law of irreversibility[50].

Related Entities

Belgium Brussels conservation biology France Free University of Brussels mining paleontology zoology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [32] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Industrial history and Foresight for Centraliens de Lille. wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . biblio.naturalsciences.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Dollo on Dollo's law: irreversibility and the status of evolutionary laws. biblio.naturalsciences.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . academieroyale.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [3] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . ODIS. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [22] ↑ . Dollo on Dollo's law: irreversibility and the status of evolutionary laws. wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 7d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Described by source: Belarusian encyclopedia"
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    "Changed claim: Described by source: Belarusian encyclopedia"
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    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Belarusian encyclopedia
    "Created claim: Described by source: Belarusian encyclopedia"
  5. 7d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [be] label: Луі Дало"
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