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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. | 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== | ||
[[File:Piatnitzkysaurus.jpg|thumb|Mounted ''[[Everardtadens]]'', a Joanusaurid dinosaur named efter d'Everard]] | |||
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><ref>Balboa, Maximus: ''A comprehensive history of paleontology'', pg. 3-6. 2004.</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><ref>Balboa, Maximus: ''A comprehensive history of paleontology'', pg. 3-6. 2004.</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. | ||
"d'Everard's rule", suggesting that mammalian lineages gradually grow larger over geologic time, while named after him, is "neither explicit nor implicit" in his work according to modern paleontologists.<ref>Fürster, Johann: ''Mammalian derivation of the Permian period'', pg. 11-14. 1999.</ref> | "d'Everard's rule", suggesting that mammalian lineages gradually grow larger over geologic time, while named after him, is "neither explicit nor implicit" in his work according to modern paleontologists.<ref>Fürster, Johann: ''Mammalian derivation of the Permian period'', pg. 11-14. 1999.</ref> | ||
The | The Joanusaurid dinosaur ''[[Everardtadens]]'' and Ceratopsian dinosaur ''[[Everardceratops]]'' are both named in honour of d'Everard, as are the specific names of several species of salamanders and amphibians. The ''[[Testudosaurus]]'' discovered by d'Everard's team in [[Talionia]] in 1937 is nicknamed "Phillipe" after him. | ||
The [[Primo Kino]] movie ''[[Swallowing Dust]]'' from 2008 is a dramatization of d'Everard's final expedition to [[Talionia]], with [[Jean-Yves Forvert]] playing the role of d'Everard. | The [[Primo Kino]] movie ''[[Swallowing Dust]]'' from 2008 is a dramatization of d'Everard's final expedition to [[Talionia]], with [[Jean-Yves Forvert]] playing the role of d'Everard. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Thibault d'Avignon]] | * [[Thibault d'Avignon]] | ||