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When asked in 1912 if anything could be gleamed from evolution as divine intervention, d'Everard surmised that "[t]he Creator must be inordinately fond of beetles", stating that "the earth is home to some 30 million different species of them." | When asked in 1912 if anything could be gleamed from evolution as divine intervention, d'Everard surmised that "[t]he Creator must be inordinately fond of beetles", stating that "the earth is home to some 30 million different species of them." | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Phillipe d'Everard married the eleven years younger Hedvig Schmidt (1876-1962), a [[Toubourg]] native, in 1894. The couple had three children, [[Marshal of Yonderre]] [[Rachet d'Everard]] (1903-1997), ballet dancer [[Sophie d'Everard]] (1907-2002) and the stillborn Killian d'Everard (1909). When not on expeditions, the d'Everards lived chiefly in the [[d'Everard Bourg]] in [[Sainte-Catherine]], although | Phillipe d'Everard married the eleven years younger Hedvig Schmidt (1876-1962), a [[Toubourg]] native, in 1894. The couple had three children, [[Marshal of Yonderre]] [[Rachet d'Everard]] (1903-1997), ballet dancer [[Sophie d'Everard]] (1907-2002) and the stillborn Killian d'Everard (1909). When not on expeditions, the d'Everards lived chiefly in the [[d'Everard Bourg]] in [[Sainte-Catherine]], although Phillipe frequently spent nights in dormitories provided by the [[University of Collinebourg]] during his professorate. | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
In fewer than 50 years as a scientist, d'Everard published over 1,400 scientific papers, a record that is rivaled by few other scientists. Having discovered and described more than 200 extinct lifeforms, d'Everard bears the monicker "father of paleontology" in academic circles.<ref>Critique of d'Everard's proposed taxonomy disputes his official total of 243.</ref> Although d'Everard is chiefly known as a paleontologist having discovered at least 56 new dinosaur species, his contributions extended to ichthyology and herpetology, in which he catalogued 300 species of fishes and described over 300 species of reptiles over three decades. | In fewer than 50 years as a scientist, d'Everard published over 1,400 scientific papers, a record that is rivaled by few other scientists. Having discovered and described more than 200 extinct lifeforms, d'Everard bears the monicker "father of paleontology" in academic circles.<ref>Critique of d'Everard's proposed taxonomy disputes his official total of 243.</ref> Although d'Everard is chiefly known as a paleontologist having discovered at least 56 new dinosaur species, his contributions extended to ichthyology and herpetology, in which he catalogued 300 species of fishes and described over 300 species of reptiles over three decades. | ||