Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs

Born to Jacques Philippe Athanase Œillet Des Murs and Marie Henriette Gard,[1] he entered the magistracy in 1830 and left it in 1838.

In 1841 he became a lawyer in the Court of Cassation, but in 1846 retired to the department of Eure-et-Loir,[2] where, in 1843, he had bought a castle called the Château St. Jean near the town of Nogent-le-Rotrou and begun extensive restoration work on it.

His major ornithological works include His main historical work is Histoire des comtes du Perche de la famille des Rotrou de 943 à 1231 (History of the Counts of Perche of the Rotrou Family from 943 to 1231), 1856.

[11] It also appears as "O. des Murs" in books where the names of his co-authors, Chenu and Verreaux[9] and Prévost,[6] are given with initials and surnames, suggesting that he thought of "O."

Likewise his contribution to Chenu's Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle is listed as by "M. des Murs".