Full set awarded on May 26, 1920 to professor Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin.
Certificate was hand-signed by the President of the China Republic Xu Shichang /徐世昌/.
Certificate was hand-signed by the President of the China Republic Xu Shichang /徐世昌/.
Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin (27 February 1861 in Épinal – 24 April 1935 in Paris) was a professor at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. He published works on nemerteans, chaetognatha, cephalopods, and other molluscs.He served as an assistant to Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, subsequently becoming director of the laboratories at Banyuls-sur-Mer (1882) and Roscoff (1884). Later on, he became an instructor at the University of Rennes, and in 1903 succeeded Edmond Perrier as chaire des mollusques, des vers et des zoophytes at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (from 1917 onward his title was chaire des mollusques). In 1906 he was chosen by Albert I, Prince of Monaco to be in charge of instruction at the Institut océanographique. In 1905 he was named president of the Société zoologique de France. In 1920 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences.Joubin's squid (Joubiniteuthis portieri) is named for him, as is Scolymastra joubini, a hexactinellid sponge whose lifespan is purportedly 10,000 years.
He was the creator of the Franco-Japanese Foundation in Tokyo and Kyoto in 1919, then the Franco-Chinese Foundation in Shanghai and Beijing in 1920. He was one of the people behind the initiative of the Franco-Chinese Institute of Lyon.
Between 1920 and 1922 he was Director of the French Institute in Florence. From May to September 1921he will be responsible for the mission in Syria for the organization of public education. Placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Colonies, he was appointed Director General of Public Education for Indochina in 1922 until 1925.
He was the creator of the Franco-Japanese Foundation in Tokyo and Kyoto in 1919, then the Franco-Chinese Foundation in Shanghai and Beijing in 1920. He was one of the people behind the initiative of the Franco-Chinese Institute of Lyon.
Between 1920 and 1922 he was Director of the French Institute in Florence. From May to September 1921he will be responsible for the mission in Syria for the organization of public education. Placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Colonies, he was appointed Director General of Public Education for Indochina in 1922 until 1925.