Félix Guignot was a French physician and entomologist, born on 16 November 1882 in Avignon, France.
[1][2] After studying medicine at the University of Montpellier he established a private practice in his hometown of Avignon.
The region around Avignon provided many excellent opportunities to collect water beetles, including large rivers and the Camargue wetlands.
His contributions to science include the description of 514 new species, as well as his entomological collection, which is now housed in the French National Museum of Natural History.
[1] Guignot was a founding member of the Société d’étude des Sciences naturelles de Vaucluse.