Armand David, CM was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist.
Armand David
Multilingual plate at his birthplace from the World Wildlife Fund, with text in Basque, French and English.
Congregation of the Mission
The Congregation of the Mission, abbreviated CM and commonly called the Vincentians or Lazarists, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men founded by Vincent de Paul. It is associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations that look to Vincent de Paul as their founder or patron.
Father Franssen, head of the French Vincentian Mission in Urumiah, Iran (c. 1934)