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==Early life== Born in 1848 in a villa ''La Gracieuse'', at [[Morges]], on [[Lake Geneva]], Switzerland, to Victor Forel a pious Swiss Calvinist and Pauline Morin, a [[Huguenots|French Huguenot]] he was brought up in a protective household. Auguste Forel was born in 1848 at Morges on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.{{Sfn|Encyclopedia of Entomology|2008}} His great uncle, who was an entomologist, introduced Forel to insect natural history when he was young.{{Sfn|Encyclopedia of Entomology|2008}} After reading a book by Pierre Huber, he became interested in ants.{{Sfn|Encyclopedia of Entomology|2008}}
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