Marie-Aimée Lullin

Marie-Aimée Lullin (5 April 1751 – 25 January 1822) was the transcriber and observer for her husband, a highly regarded entomologist who became blind at an early age.

Marie-Aimée Lullin
Born5 April 1751
Died25 January 1822
OccupationReader, secretary and observer
Spouse(s)François Huber (1750-1831)
ChildrenPierre Huber (1777-1840), Marie Anne Huber (1779-1871), Jean Huber (1785-1839)
Parents
  • Pierre Lullin (1712-1789) (father)
  • Sarah Rilliet (1723-1751) (mother)

She was the daughter of Pierre Lullin (1712-1789), who served as syndic of Geneva, and Sarah Rilliet (1723-1751).

She married François Huber (1750-1831), the famous blind entomologist,[1][2] on 28 April 1776 in Geneva, Republic of Geneva after having to wait seven years to do so. Lullin had become friends with Huber at 17 when they were dance partners,[3] but Marie's father would not allow her to marry, at so young an age, a man with failing eyesight.[2] Instead of abandoning Huber, she decided to wait until she had attained the age of 25, when she was legally allowed choose a husband despite the disapproval of her father.[1][2][3] They had three children together:[1]

  • Pierre Huber (1777-1840)[4][3][5]
  • Marie Anne Huber (1779-1871)[3] who married Samuel de Molin
  • Jean Huber (1785-1839)

Marie became her husband's "reader, secretary and observer."[2][3] Together with their son Pierre and a servant, François Burnens, she helped Huber carry out his experiments that laid the foundations of scientific knowledge with regard to the life and biology of the honey bee.[2][3]

In 1991, a Venus crater was named after Marie Lullin. It is located 23.1 N and 81.0 E, and it measures 24 kilometres (15 mi).[6][7]

References
  1. Lullin family tree by Lionel Rossellat - "Marie Aimée Lullin". Geneanet. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. American Bee Journal. Dadant & Sons. 1861. p. 214.
  3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 1833.
  4. Dictionnaire biographique des Genevois et des Vaudois - Lausanne 1877- Volume I - page 425 - https://books.google.com/books?id=ED0vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA425
  5. "François Huber", Wikipédia (in French), 2019-09-13, retrieved 2019-11-19
  6. Cattermole, Peter; Moore, Patrick. Atlas of Venus.
  7. "Venus Crater Database, $name". www.lpi.usra.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
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