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de Candolle, Augustin (Alph.) Pyramus, 1778-1841

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1778 - 1841

Biography

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (4 February 1778 – 9 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at an herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he went on to document hundreds of plant families and create a new natural plant classification system. Although de Candolle's main focus was botany, he also contributed to related fields such as phytogeography, agronomy, paleontology, medical botany, and economic botany.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Augustin (Alph.) Pyramus de Candolle letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 836140.1
Mss 836140.1
Date(s): 1836-01
Abstract

In English.

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