Auguste François Le Jolis
Auguste François Le Jolis (born December 1, 1823 in Cherbourg ; † August 20, 1904 there ) was a French botanist ( lichenologist , algologist , bryologist ). Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Le Jol. "
Live and act
His main occupation was a businessman (in the family company which he ran until 1888) and a judge at the commercial court in Cherbourg (chairman 1882 to 1888). He is known as a collector and expert in particular for algae.
He was a member of the Leopoldina (1853) and numerous other scientific societies (academies in Philadelphia, Madrid, Accademia dei Lincei, Moscow natural research society, Société philomatique de Paris and others). In 1842 he became a member of the Linnaeus Society of Normandy and in 1851 he was with Emmanuel Liais (1826–1900) and Théodose du Moncel (1821–1884) founder and director of the Société nationale des sciences naturelles et mathématiques de Cherbourg . You edited the journal Mémoires de la Société nationale des sciences naturelles et mathématiques de Cherbourg .
Honors
The algae genus Lejolisia ( Rhodophyceae , Ceramiaceae) by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (1828–1911) is named in his honor.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sometimes with the abbreviation Jolis
- ↑ Member entry of Auguste-François Le Jolis at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 16, 2017.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Le Jolis, Auguste François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cryptogam and algae expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cherbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 1904 |
| Place of death | Cherbourg |