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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (French: [adɔlf teodɔːʁ bʁɔ̃ɲaːʁ]) FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart.
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (born Jan. 14, 1801, Paris, Fr.—died Feb. 18, 1876, Paris) was a French botanist whose classification of fossil plants, which drew surprisingly accurate relations between extinct and existing forms prior to Charles Darwin’s principles of organic evolution, earned him distinction as the founder of modern paleobotany.
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Brongniart, Adolphe-Théodore (France 1801-1876) botany, paleobotany, systematics. Brongniart is often recognized as the "father of paleobotany," and as one of the most prominent botanists of the nineteenth century.
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May 14, 2018 · Adolphe Théodore Brongniart (ädôlf´ tāōdôr´ brôNyär´), 1801–76, French botanist; son of Alexandre Brongniart [1]. He was a pioneer in the study of plant morphology and physiology and was author of an important work on plant fossils (1828–37) and of a valuable first account of pollen.
Quick Reference. (1801–76) A French botanist, who became a professor at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, in 1831 and retained the position until his death. He was particularly noted for his work on the classification and distribution of fossil plants and their relationships with existing forms.
Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore (1801–76) in A Dictionary of Ecology (4) Length: 62 words
Adolphe Brongniart was the first to publish a classification of all known fossil plants and pioneered the use of comparative anatomy in the study of plant fossils. Because of his broad knowledge of fossil plants from many regions, he was able to recognize a distinct succession of floras through time and regularly correlated fossils with ...
