Editing Armand David (section)

{{short description|Lazarist missionary Roman Catholic priest, zoologist, and botanist from the Basque Country, France}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Catholic priest
| honorific_prefix = The Reverend
| name = Armand David
| honorific_suffix = [[Congregation of the Mission|CM]]
| title = <!-- e.g. [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] -->
| image = Armand David Berillon BNF Gallica.jpg
| church = [[Catholic Church]]
<!---------- Orders ---------->| ordination = 1851
<!---------- Personal details ---------->| birth_name = Jean-Pierre-Armand David
| birth_date = {{birth date|1826|9|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Espelette]], France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|11|10|1826|9|7|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Paris]], France
| buried = 
| religion = Roman Catholicism
| parents = 
| occupation = Biologist
| module = {{Infobox scientist|child=yes
 |fields            = Botany, zoology
 |other_names       = Père David
 |workplaces        =
 |doctoral_advisor  =
 |academic_advisors =
 |doctoral_students =
 |notable_students  =
 |known_for         = Documenting species of Chinese [[flora]] and [[fauna]] exotic to Europe
 |author_abbrev_bot = '''David'''
 |author_abbrev_zoo = '''David'''
 }}
}}

'''Armand David''', CM (7 September 1826, [[Espelette]]&nbsp;&ndash; 10 November 1900, [[Paris]])<ref name="BnF">{{Cite web|author1=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Armand David (1826-1900)|url=https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15360031w|website=data.bnf.fr|publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]|accessdate=14 December 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214185331/https://data.bnf.fr/fr/15360031/armand_david/|archivedate=14 December 2018|location=[[Paris]]|language=fr|date=5 October 2018}}</ref> was a [[Congregation of the Mission|Lazarist]] [[missionary]] [[Catholic]] priest as well as a [[zoologist]] and a [[botanist]] from the [[French Basque Country]]. 

[[#Eponymous taxa|Several species]], such as [[Père David's deer]], are named after him — {{lang|fr|Père David}} being French for Father David.