Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach 4:45 p.m., May 27, 2022
In Paris, not far from the Porte Dorée, an alley bears the name of Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794-1871).
But do passers-by know that this naturalist, pioneer of marine biology, invented the aquarium?
Born in 1794 in a small village in Corrèze, Jeanne Villepreux left her native land at the age of 18 to go to Paris.
There she meets James Power, a wealthy merchant whom she does not take long to marry and with whom she settles in Sicily.
Determined to learn, Jeanne Villepreux-Power is interested in the local fauna and flora and soon becomes passionate about marine species...