[1] Girard was born in Givet, Ardennes, and entered École normale supérieure in 1844.
After having obtained his agrégation, he left for Dijon where he taught from 1853 to 1873. during this time he obtained his “licence” and his “doctorat ès-sciences naturelles” with a thesis entitled Étude sur la chaleur libre dégagée par les animaux invertébrés et spécialement les insectes.
Baillière, Paris, 1856) He was president of Société entomologique de France in 1867.
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