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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 · Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (born April 12, 1748, Lyon—died Sept. 17, 1836, Paris) was a French botanist who developed the principles that served as the foundation of a natural system of plant classification.
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Apr 8, 2024 · Antoine de Jussieu (born July 6, 1686, Lyon—died April 12, 1758, Paris) was a French physician and botanist who wrote many papers on human anatomy, zoology, and botany, including one on the flower and fruit of the coffee shrub.
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French Physician and Botanist. A ntoine-Laurent de Jussieu was an important influential botanist in France at the time of the French Revolution.
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.
botany. Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu’s father, Christophle, was the elder brother of Antoine, Bernard, and Joseph de Jussieu, and himself a dedicated amateur botanist. In 1765 Antoine-Laurent went to Paris to finish his studies at the Medical Faculty, from which he obtained a doctorate in 1770 with a thesis comparing animal and vegetable physiology.
