DE CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME

DE CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME
   an eminent botanist, born at Geneva, of Huguenot descent; studied in Paris; attracted the attention of Cuvier and Lamarck, whom he assisted in their researches; published his "Flore Française," in six vols.; became professor at Montpellier, and then at Geneva; is the historical successor of Jussieu; his great contribution to botanical science is connected with the classification of plants (1778-1841).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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