Pierre-Paul Dehérain

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Pierre-Paul Dehérain

Pierre-Paul Dehérain (born April 19, 1830 in Paris ; † December 7, 1902 there ) was a French chemist, plant physiologist and agronomist.

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Pierre-Paul Dehérain worked from 1854 to 1864 as a "preparator" at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers . In 1859 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the use of phosphates in agriculture. He then became professor of chemistry at the École Centrale d'Architecture . From 1865 he worked at the Ecole d'Agriculture de Grignon , where he founded an Argar station in 1875. From 1861 to 1870 Dehérain published the journal Annuaire scientifique . From 1872 he was a scientific advisor at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and head of the newly established laboratory at the museum. On January 10, 1880, he was appointed professor of plant physiology .

In 1875 he was accepted into the Legion of Honor and appointed to one of its officers on October 29, 1889. On December 12, 1887, the Académie des Sciences elected him to its member.

Pierre-Paul Dehérain is known for his plant physiological studies. For example, he discovered the breathing of plant roots .

Honor taxon

Joseph Decaisne named the genus Deherainia of the plant family Theophrastaceae in his honor .

Fonts (selection)

  • Chimie et physique horticoles . Dusacq, Paris 1854.
  • Research on the emploi agricole des phosphates . Impr. A. Hérissey, Evreux 1859 (dissertation).
  • Eléments de chimie . 4 volumes, Paris 1867–1870 (with Gaston Tissandier ).
  • Cours de chimie agricole, professé à L'École d'agriculture de Grignon . Hachette, Paris 1873.
  • Travaux de la Station agronomique de lÉcole d'agriculture de Grignon . G. Masson, Paris 1889.

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literature

  • Gustave Vapereau: Dictionnaire universel des contemporains: contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers . Hachette, Paris 1893.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les membres du passé dont le nom commence par D. In: academie-sciences.fr. Retrieved December 4, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Entry (PDF; 7 kB) in the Chemical Genealogy Database
  3. ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . CRC Press Inc., 2000, p. 741. ISBN 0-8493-2676-1

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SURNAME Dehérain, Pierre-Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French chemist, plant physiologist and agronomist
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1902
Place of death Paris