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Authorised form of nameAdanson; Michel (1727 - 1806)
Dates1727 - 1806
NationalityFrench
Place of birthAix-en-Provence, France
Date of birth07 April 1727
Place of deathParis, France
Date of death03 August 1806
Research fieldNatural history
Philosophy
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/01/1761
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
CodeNA8301
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/4/166Letter, 'On his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society' from Michel Adanson to George Parker17 June 1763
L&P/3/307Letter, 'Sending the first volume of his Natural History of Senegal' from Michel Adanson to the Royal Society1 January 1758
EC/1760/17Adanson, Michel: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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