Tags: Entomologist.
Jean Pierre Mégnin (18 January 1828 – 1905) was a French army veterinarian and entomologist. He is best known for his work with dogs and forensic entomology.Mégnin born in Herimoncourt (Doubs) went to school at the Ecole d’Alfort from 1849 till his graduation in 1853. In 1855 he became an army veterinarian and was sometime Professor of Zoology at the School of Veterinary Medicine in Vincennes. His life spanned three periods of the history of France.