![]() Pierre-André Latreille was born on the 29th Latreille lived in most eventful times, and it is not to be supposedīut that many occurrences affecting his interests and the tenor of his life befell him besides those with which we have had an opportunity of becoming acquainted, and which might be well worthy of relation. November 1762, at Brives, a small town on the river Correze (a tributary of the Dordogne), in theĭepartment of the same name, which formed a part of the province of Limosin. ![]() His parents were descended from an honourable family but their death left him an orphan at an early age, and apparently with very slender means of subsistence. Indeed he himself says that he seemed born to misfortune and obscurity. ![]() But the gentleness of his disposition, and attractive manners, secured for his boyhood several affectionate protectors, who did not relax their exertions in his favour till he was enabled, in some measure, to provide for himself. A medical practitioner in his native town, M. ![]() Laroche, took a paternal charge of him, and Latreille was indebted to the friendship of this gentleman and his family for the comforts and amenities of a home.
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