Joseph Paul Gaimard (lithograph by Emile Lassalle)

Joseph Paul Gaimard (1796 - 1858) was a French naturalist. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (499x635, 111 KB) French naturalist Joseph Paul Gaimard, lithograph by Emile Lassalle From: Voyage en Islande et au Groënland, Paris, 1838-1852 Source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (499x635, 111 KB) French naturalist Joseph Paul Gaimard, lithograph by Emile Lassalle From: Voyage en Islande et au Groënland, Paris, 1838-1852 Source: http://www. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ...

Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist aboard the ships La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey, and L'Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville between 1826 and 1829. Jean René Constant Quoy (November 10, 1790 - July 4, 1869) was a French zoologist. ... Louis Isidore Duperrey (1786 - 1865) was a French sailor and explorer. ... Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont dUrville (May 23, 1790 – May 8, 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. ...

He was the scientific leader on La Recherche (1835-1836) during its expedition to the Arctic Sea. In 1835 Gaimard visited Iceland, returning again the following summer as the head of a scientific mission funded by the French government. Out of this trip came the 9 volume Voyage en Islande et au Groënland (8 text volumes, one of geographical illustrations), which was said at the time to be the definitive study of the islands. In 1838, he was the leader of a scientific expedition to Spitsbergen. The Arctic Ocean, located entirely in the north polar region, is the smallest of the worlds five oceans (after the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean), and the shallowest. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago, which is situated in the Arctic Ocean and administered by Norway. ...

At least two species have been named in his honor:

• Eualus gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
• Byblis gaimardi (Krøyer, 1846)