De Jussieu

De Jussieu

male
De Jussieu, the name of a French family which came into prominent notice towards the close of the sixteenth century, and for a century and a half...
Guy de la Brosse

Guy de la Brosse

male
Guy de La Brosse (born 1586 - died 1641 in Paris), was a French botanist, doctor, and pharmacist. A physician to King Louis XIII of France, he is...
Bernard de Jussieu

Bernard de Jussieu

male, deceased (1777)
Bernard de Jussieu (August 17, 1699 - November 6, 1777) was a French naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu. Bernard de Jussieu was born...
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

male, deceased (1836)
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of...
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

male, deceased (1829)
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (August 1, 1744 - December 28, 1829) was a French soldier, naturalist, academic and an...
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

male, deceased (1708)
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants.
Antoine-Louis Barye

Antoine-Louis Barye

male, deceased (1875)
Antoine-Louis Barye was a French sculptor. Born in Paris, Barye began his career as a goldsmith, like many sculptors of the Romantic Period. After...
Antoine de Jussieu

Antoine de Jussieu

male, deceased (1758)
Antoine de Jussieu was a French naturalist. Jussieu was born in Lyon, the son of Christophe de Jussieu (or Dejussieu), an apothecary of some...
Michel Eugène Chevreul

Michel Eugène Chevreul

male, deceased (1889)
Michel Eugène Chevreul was an important French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art and science. He i...
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

male, deceased (1814)
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1787 novel "Paul et Virginie." In 1795 he was...