Saint-Hilaire, Auguste de, 1779-1853

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Name (Latin)
Saint-Hilaire, Auguste de, 1779-1853
Other forms of name
De Saint-Hilaire, Auguste, 1779-1853
De Saint-Hilaire, Augustin François César Prouvençal, 1779-1853
De Saint-Hilaire, Augustin François César Prouvensal, 1779-1853
Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire, Augustin François César, 1779-1853
Prouvensal de Saint-Hilaire, Augustin François César, 1779-1853
Prouvensal, Agustín Francisco de, 1779-1853
Saint-Hilaire, Augustin François César Prouvençal de, 1779-1853
Date of birth
1779-10-04
Date of death
1853-09-30
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 7399338
Wikidata: Q707961
Library of congress: n 81024998
Sources of Information
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Wikipedia description:

Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 1779 – 3 September 1853) was a French botanist and traveller who was born and died in Orléans, France. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the direction of the radicle in the embryo sac and the double point of attachment of certain ovules. He also described two families, the Paronychiae and the Tamariscinae, as well as many genera and species.

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