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Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (born February 4, 1778, Geneva—died September 9, 1841, Geneva) was a Swiss botanist who established scientific structural criteria for determining natural relations among plant genera.
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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle ( UK: / kænˈdɒl /, US: / kɒ̃ˈdɔːl /, French: [kɑ̃dɔl]; 4 February 1778 – 9 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium.
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1778-1841. Swiss Botanist. A ugustin de Candolle is considered one of the most important botanists of the nineteenth century. His major contributions were in the fields of plant classification and morphology, the study of form, and in the geographical distribution of plants.
Augustin de Candolle was a Swiss botanist who advanced significant ideas concerning the classification of plants and developed a taxonomic scheme that provided the foundation for much work in taxonomy up to the present.
May 23, 2018 · Augustin Pyrame de Candolle [1] (də käNdōl´), 1778–1841, Swiss botanist. Considered the most important Swiss botanist of his era, de Candolle wrote on a wide variety of botanical topics, from medical botany to philosophical treatises on plant morphology and systematics.
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, was a Swiss-French botanist. de Candolle moved to Paris as a teenager to pursue studies in medicine and natural history. His talent was immediately apparent to some of the greatest names of the day, namely Lamarck and Cuvier, who inspired him towards botanical research. It was in this field of research that he ...
Candolle, Augustin-Pyramus de (Switzerland-France 1778-1841) botany, phytogeography. As a teenager Candolle moved to Paris to pursue studies in medicine and natural history. His talent was immediately apparent, and he soon fell in with the greatest names of the day, Lamarck and Cuvier.
