Camille Montagne
Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (born February 15, 1784 in Vaudoy-en-Brie , † December 5, 1866 in Paris ) was a French military doctor and biologist ( bryology and mycology ). His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is " Mont. "
At the age of 14 he joined the Navy and accompanied Napoleon's Egyptian expedition in 1798 . He returned in 1802, studied medicine, and two years later became a military surgeon. In 1832 he retired and devoted himself to studying cryptogams . In 1835 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina and in 1853 of the Académie des Sciences in Paris . From 1858 he was a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .
Publications
- with Ramón de la Sagra : Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba ; Part 10; 1842 ( online )
- with Karl Müller : Morphological outline of the lichen family ; 1851
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Camille Montagne at the IPNI
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- ↑ Université Lille II: Montagne (Camille, Jean-Pierre, François) (1784-1866) ( Memento of February 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Montagne, Camille |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Montagne, Jean Pierre François Camille; Mont. (Botanical author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military doctor and biologist (bryology and mycology) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vaudoy-en-Brie , Seine-et-Marne department |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1866 |
| Place of death | Paris |