Robert François du Buysson (6 May 1861 in Broût-Vernet (Allier) – 16 March 1946 in Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne (Maine-et-Loire)), was a French naturalist.
Biography He is the son of botanist :fr:François-Charles du Buysson (1825-1906) and Mathilde de Montaignac (1829-1899) and the brother of entomologist :fr:Henri du Buysson.
Having developed a taste for herbariums at a very young age and a keen sense of observation, Robert du Buysson began to study the mosses of his native region rapidly expanding his field of study to lichens and vascular cryptogams. From 1888 to 1893 he published an inventory of vascular cryptogams of Europe in the Scientific Review of Bourbonnais and the Centre of France. In the field of bryology, the name of Robert du Buysson remains attached to two species: Orthorichum berthoumieui, named in honor of Father Berthoumieu with whom he studied the mosses around Saint-Pourçain (Allier), and Barbula buyssoni.
Robert du Buysson distinguished himself especially in the study of insects]. In April 1898 he obtained a position as a temporary entomology preparer at the Zoology Laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. In 1900, he was appointed titular preparer for insects and crustaceans. Most of his work has been published in the Annales de la Société entomologique de France
Robert du Buysson bequeathed his collection of hymenoptera to the entomology laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History.
Family Du Buysson married Claire d'Espinay on February 8, 1899, and had one daughter, Marie-Cécile du Buysson (1899-1997)
His two siblings were Henri du Buysson, Marquis du Buysson (1856-1927) and Isabelle du Buysson b.1858.
Publications List may be incomplete.
1888 du Buysson, R., 1905: "Monographie des cryptogames vasculaires d’Europe". Revue scientifique du Bourbonnais et du centre de la France: v.1-3 (1888-1890):[PDF 62,6MB] scientifique du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France v.1-3 (1888-1890) Page 38-45, 112-121, 153-164, 201-210, 245-253 38-45, 112-121, 153-164, 201-210, 245-253
1893 du Buysson, R., 1905: "Monographie des cryptogames vasculaires d’Europe". Revue scientifique du Bourbonnais et du centre de la France: v.6-7 (1893-1894):[PDF 31,9MB] Revue scientifique du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France v.6-7 (1893-1894) Page 173-182, 189-196 173-182, 189-196
1903 du Buysson, R., 1903: "Note pour servir à l'histoire des Strepsiptères". Bull. Soc. Ent. France 1903:[PDF 29,7MB] Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1903 Page 174-175 174-175
1905 du Buysson, R., 1905: "Monographie des guêpes ou Vespa". Ann. Soc. Ent. France t.72:[PDF 35,5MB] Annales de la Société entomologique de France (Vol. 72) Page 260–288 260–288 du Buysson, R., 1905: "Monographie des guêpes ou Vespa (Parts 2 and 3)". Ann. Soc. Ent. France t.73:[PDF 35,0MB] Annales de la Société entomologique de France (Vol. 73) Page 485–556, 565-634 485–556, 565-634 du Buysson, R., 1905: "Monographie des Vespides du genre Nectarina". Ann. Soc. Ent. France t.74:[PDF 38,4MB] Annales de la Société entomologique de France (Vol. 74) Page 537–566 537–566 du Buysson, R., 1905: "Descriptions d'Hyménoptères nouveaux". Bull. Soc. Ent. France. 1905:[PDF 22,5MB] Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1905 Page 281–282 281–282
1907 du Buysson, R., 1907: "Nouvelles espèces d'Ischnogaster (Hyménoptères) appartenant au Musée de Leide". Notes from the Leyden Museum t.29:[PDF 15,6MB] Notes from the Leyden Museum (Vol.29) Page 79–80 79–80
1908 du Buysson, R., 1908: "Deux Hyménoptères nouveaux de Java". Notes from the Leyden Museum t.30:[PDF 20,1MB] Notes from the Leyden Museum (Vol.30) Page 123–126 123–126
1909 du Buysson, R., 1909: "Hyménoptères nouveaux ou peu connus". Annali del Museo di Storia Naturale di Genova ser.3:v.44 (1908-1910):[PDF 37,1MB] Annali del Museo di Storia Naturale di Genova ser.3:v.44 (1908-1910) Page 312–315 312–315 du Buysson, R., 1909: "Deux Hyménoptères nouveaux d'Océanie". Bull. Soc. Ent. France 1909:[PDF 29,1MB] Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1909 Page 305–306 305–306
1913 du Buysson, R., 1913: "Vespidae et Eumenidae". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Vol. 34 1911-1913:[PDF 45,6MB] Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Vol. 34 (1911-1913) Page 227–230 227–230 du Buysson, R., 1913: "Sur deux Vespides de Java". Bulletin du Muséum royal d'Histoire naturelle Vol. 19 1913, Paris:[PDF 43,0MB] Bulletin du Muséum royal d'Histoire naturelle (Vol. 19) 1913 Page 436–437 436–437 du Buysson, R., 1913: "Sur quelques Vespides (Hym.)". Bull. Soc. Ent. France 1913:[PDF 37,5MB] Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1913 Page 296–301 296–301
Notes Lamy (D.), « Robert du Buysson (1861-1946) et la bryologie dans l'Allier entre 1870 et 1895 », in Cryptogamie. Bryologie, lichénologie, INIST-CNRS, 1984, .
Sources Biographical information is based on a translation from an equivalent article at the French French Wikipedia.