Antoine Parmentier
Antoine Augustin Parmentier (born August 17, 1737 in Montdidier , † December 17, 1813 in Paris ) was a French pharmacist and agronomist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Parm. "
Life
Parmentier learned pharmacy in Montdidier and Paris and worked in the hospitals of the army operating in Hanover from 1757 and at the royal house of invalids from 1766.
When the Académie française in Paris offered a prize for the best treatise on vegetables that could replace bread during the famine in 1769 , Parmentier earned this prize for his work on potato cultivation , which he subsequently played a key role in spreading in France contributed. It is said that he had soldiers guard a potato field in order to present the tubers as particularly valuable. During the night he had the guards removed and the farmers in the area fetched the plant in order to grow it themselves (a story that is mainly attributed to the Prussian King Friedrich II or Friedrich the Great, see potato order ).
In other respects, too, he made various contributions to agriculture and industry. During the continental blockade , he was engaged in the production of grape and beet sugar on Napoleon's I order . The army hospitals received many useful facilities through him. Under the consular government, he became General Inspector of Medical Services.
On December 13, 1795 he was accepted into the Académie des Sciences .
Antoine Parmentier died on December 17, 1813 at the age of 76 and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery . His hometown erected a statue for him.
Honor taxon
The genus Parmentiera DC was named in his honor . the plant family of the trumpet tree plants (Bignoniaceae).
Because of his contribution to potato cultivation, a popular French variant of a mashed potato casserole is called Hachis Parmentier .
Works (selection)
- The art of baking bread from potatoes without mixing with any grain flour . Bartholomäi publishing house, Augsburg 1779.
- The art of making all kinds of brandy and vinegar . Publisher Supprian, Leipzig 1802.
- Code pharmaceutique à l'Usage des Hospices civils, des Secours à Domicile et des Prisons . Méquignon, Paris 1803 ( digitized )
- Recent studies and observations on the various kinds of milk in relation to chemistry, pharmacy, and agriculture . Voigt, Leipzig 1805.
- Treatise on the advantages which one can obtain from the grain in relation to agriculture and trade, milling and baking . Hahn, Hanover 1806.
- Code pharmaceutique à l'Usage des Hospices civils, des Secours à Domicile, et des Infirmeries des Maisons d'Arrêt par Antoine Augustin Parmentier. Publié par Ordre du Ministre de l'Intérieur . Méquignon, Paris 4th. ed. 1811 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of members since 1666: Letter P. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 31, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Antoine Parmentier at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parmentier, Antoine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parmentier, Antoine Augustin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pharmacist and agronomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montdidier |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1813 |
| Place of death | Paris |