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- After studying medicine at Montpellier, he became in 1722 subdemonstrator of plants in the Jardin du Roi, Paris. In 1759 he was invited to develop a botanical garden at the Petit Trianon at Versailles.
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Apr 8, 2024 · Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist who developed the principles that served as the foundation of a natural system of plant classification. Antoine-Laurent was brought in 1770 by his uncle Bernard to the Jardin du Roi, where he became demonstrator in botany.
Juss. Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan loʁɑ̃ də ʒysjø]; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.
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Apr 8, 2024 · Notable Family Members: brother Antoine de Jussieu. brother Bernard de Jussieu. Joseph de Jussieu (born Sept. 3, 1704, Lyon—died April 11, 1779, Paris) was a French botanist who accompanied the French physicist Charles-Marie de la Condamine’s expedition to Peru to measure an arc of meridian.
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Jussieu was born into a family of botanists. Three of his uncles, Antoine, Bernard, and Joseph, were respected botanists in pre-Revolutionary France, and his son, Adrien-Henri, followed the family tradition in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Quick Reference. (1748–1836) French plant taxonomist. Jussieu was born into a family of eminent botanists from Lyons in France. His uncles Antoine, Bernard, and Joseph de Jussieu all made important contributions to botany and his son, Adrien, subsequently continued the family tradition.
French botanist born into a family of plant enthusiasts, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was based at the Jardin du Roi in Paris and was the seminal advocate of a natural system of classification.
