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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. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he ...
Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle (born October 27/28, 1806, Paris—died April 4, 1893, Geneva) was a Swiss botanist who introduced new methods of investigation and analysis to phytogeography, a branch of biology that deals with the geographic distribution of plants. Candolle succeeded his father, the eminent botanist Augustin Pyrame de Candolle, to ...
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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. 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. Candolle was born in Geneva and his ...
Augustine of Hippo ( / ɔːˈɡʌstɪn / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈɔːɡəstiːn / AW-gə-steen; [22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), [23] also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
May 23, 2018 · views 1,439,368 updated May 23 2018. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de (1778–1841) A Swiss botanist who studied in Geneva and settled in Paris in 1796. At the request of the French government, he conducted a botanical and agricultural survey of the whole of France, the results of which were published in 1813. In 1816 he returned to the University ...
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841) 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.
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 ...
