Person Jussieu; Antoine Laurent de (1748 - 1836) Jussieu Antoine Laurent de Antoine Laurent De Jussieu 1748 - 1836 French Male Lyon, France 12 April 1748 Paris, France 17 September 1836

Botany 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 Son of Christophe, who was elder brother of Antoine (FRS 1718) , Bernard (FRS 1727) and Joseph Jussieu Foreign Member 29/01/1829 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 12 Apr 1748 - 17 Sep 1836 NA7516 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 44f32c1a-55cf-40af-9f4c-6e449e9b63e9