Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune

Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune , also Alexander Ludwig , (born December 23, 1779 in Verviers , † December 28, 1858 ibid) was a Belgian doctor and botanist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Lej. "

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Lejeune, the son of a doctor, studied medicine in Paris from 1801, interrupted from military service (1804, in Holland, Hanover and near Calais), and was then a resident doctor in Verviers.

Together with Richard Courtois (1806–1835) he wrote a Flora of Belgium.

In 1823 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1831 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Brussels. His herbarium came to the Botanical Garden in Brussels.

Honors

The moss genus Lejeunea Lib. And thus also the Lejeuneaceae family are named after him.

Fonts

with Richard Courtois: Compendium florae belgicae, 3 volumes, Liège 1828 to 1836, Biodiversity Library
Revue de la flore des environs de Spa, Liège 1824, Biodiversity Library
with Richard Courtois: Choix des plantes de la Belgique, 20 volumes, 1825-1830

Web links

Biography at Bestor

Individual evidence

↑ Member entry of Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 19, 2015.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Lejeune, Alexandre Louis Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH	Verviers
DATE OF DEATH	December 28, 1858
Place of death	Verviers

[1] Member entry of Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 19, 2015.

[Burkhardt2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]