Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire

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Augustin de Saint-Hilaire

Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (born October 4, 1779 in Orléans , † September 30, 1853 in Sennely ), also known as Augustin Saint-Hilaire or Auguste Saint-Hilaire , was a French botanist and explorer. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ A.St.-Hil. "

Live and act

From 1816 to 1822 he made a trip to South America , where he explored the Brazilian hinterland from northeastern Brazil to the Río de la Plata . He collected 24,000 plants from 6,000 different species, but also many animal species, including 2,000 birds, 16,000 insects and 135 mammals. Most of these species were first described. He used the years after the trip to study, describe and classify the material he brought with him and to publish his results. In 1830 he traveled again to South America.

His best-known works are the three-volume Flora Brasiliae meridionalis (1824–1833) and the two-volume Plantes usuélles des Brésiliens (1824–1828). He was also a member of the editorial team of the botanical journal Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe published by Louis van Houtte .

From 1819 he was a member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. In 1823 he was accepted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . Since 1834 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and since 1835 of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg . His academic nickname was Jacquinus . In 1842 he was elected a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Honors

After him, the plant genera are Hilairanthus Tiegh. from the family of the iron herb plants (Verbenaceae), Hilairella Tiegh. from the family of the Ochnaceae , Hilaria Kunth from the family of the sweet grasses (Poaceae), Hilariophyton Pichon from the family of the trumpet tree plants (Bignoniaceae) and Sanhilaria Leandro ex DC. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

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Web links

Wikisource: Auguste de Saint-Hilaire  - Sources and full texts (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Neubert: Van Houtte's price list and his Flore des Serres et des Jardins de L'Europe. In: German magazine for garden and flower science - magazine for garden and flower friends, and gardeners. Volume 6, Hoffmann'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1853, p. 369
  2. ↑ JDF Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 256
  3. ↑ Member entry of Auguste François de Saint-Hilaire at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 10, 2016.
  4. ^ Members of the previous academies. Augustin François César (called Auguste) Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on June 8, 2015 .
  5. ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Auguste or Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 22, 2015 (Russian).
  6. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Auguste de Saint-Hilaire (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ 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 .
personal data
SURNAME Saint-Hilaire, Augustin François César Prouvençal de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saint-Hilaire, Auguste François César Prouvençal de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French botanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Orleans
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1853
Place of death Sennely