Authorised form of name | Jussieu; Antoine Laurent de (1748 - 1836) |
Other forms of name | Antoine Laurent |
Other forms of surname | De Jussieu |
Dates | 1748 - 1836 |
Nationality | French |
Place of birth | Lyon, France |
Date of birth | 12 April 1748 |
Place of death | Paris, France |
Date of death | 17 September 1836 |
Research field | Botany |
Activity | Education: Doctorate, Paris (1770) Career: Deputy to L G Le Monnier, at Jardin du Roi; interested in plant classification and published 'Genera plantarum' (1789); held a civil post in municipal government during the French Revolution; Professor of Botany when Jardin du Roi was made Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1793); set up herbarium there; Director of the Museum (1800); resigned (1826) Memberships: Member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris
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Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 29/01/1829 |
Relationships | Son of Christophe, who was elder brother of Antoine (FRS 1718) , Bernard (FRS 1727) and Joseph Jussieu |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: Birth and death dates from DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 pp 440-441 References: Jean Jacquot, 'Sir Hans Sloane and French Men of Science' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 85-98 G R de Beer, 'The Relations between Fellows of the Royal Society and French Men of Science when France and Britain were at War' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 244-299 M Crosland, 'Relationships between the Royal Society and the Academie des Sciences in the late eighteenth century' in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 25-34 |
Code | NA7516 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1787/39 | Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
EC/1829/04 | Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |