Antoine-Alfred Marche
French naturalist (1844 - 1898)
Antoine-Alfred Marche (15 February 1844, Boulogne-Billancourt – 31 August 1898, Paris, France) was a French naturalist and explorer. He visited Africa, the Philippines and finally the Mariana Islands. He made collections of various artifacts. He made a large collection of bird specimens from the Marianas between 22 April 1887 and May 1889 and some of them included new avian species (such as the golden white-eye, a bird described by Émile Oustalet).
In 1887, Marche was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. In his later years, he worked as an archivist in Tunis.
Expeditions
Africa
He was involved in three expeditions to western Africa (1872, 1873–74 and 1875–77). On the second expedition he was joined by Victor de Compiègne (1846–77) in which he explored the Ogooué River. On his third African trip, he accompanied Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and collected numerous zoological specimens.
Philippines
From 1880 onward, Marche devoted several years conducting naturalist studies in the Philippines, via commission of the French government.
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