GUERIN, PIERRE NARCISSE, Baron (1774 1833). A French historical painter, born in Paris, May 13, 1774. He was a pupil of Jean Baptiste Regnault (q.v.), and was entirely under the influence of David. Ilis works are good in line, but cold in color and sentiment. The best of them, the "Return of Marcus Sextus" (1799), in the Louvre, is of unusual pathos. Others are: the "Offering to lEsculapius" (1802) ; "Pyrrhus and Andromache"; "iEnea.s and Dido" (1813) ; "Clytemnestra" (1817)—all in the Louvre'; and "Napoleon Pardoning the Rebels in Cairo," at Versailles. Guerin was made member of the Institute and of the Order of Saint Michel in 1819; director of the French Academy at Rome in 1822, baron in 1829, and officer of the Legion of 'Honor in 1832. He died in Rome, July 16, 1833. Among his pupils were Sigallon, Gericault, and Delacroix (q.v.).
GUERIN-IVrENEVrLLE, rniVn'-vel', FELIX EDOUARD (1799-1874). A French naturalist.
born at Toulon. A pupil of Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Latreille, he became professor of entomology in the College of France in 1850, and was specially famed for his scientific investiga tions into the proper methods for raising silk worms. He wrote largely upon the subject for the different societies to which he belonged, and published, besides: Iconographic dv regne animal de Cuvier (1829); Genera des insectes (1835); Guide de releveur de versa soie (1856) ; Pro duction de la soie, situation, maladies et amelio ration des races du ver a soie (1857) ; and Notes sur les educations pour graine qu'il conviendrait de faire pour attenucr les desastreux effets de repizootie des versa soie (1857).