Albert Arthur Alexandre Girard ComSE (lusitanised as Alberto; 16 October 1860 – 2 September 1914) was an American-born Portuguese naturalist.
His interest in natural history, however, led him to dedicate his research on the subject, and soon to start working with leading Portuguese zoologist Barbosa du Bocage.
Girard was responsible for compiling the information extracted from the collected biological specimens, and prepare it for publication or exhibition: he organised the oceanographic exhibitions at the Lisbon Polytechnic School in 1897, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in 1898, in Porto in 1902 and 1903–1904, the International Oceanographic Exhibition at the Lisbon Geographic Society in 1904, and in Milan in 1906.
[3] Albert Girard was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Lisbon Geographic Society.
[2] Alberto Girard is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of African snake, Philothamnus girardi.