Elisa de Vilmorin
Jeanne Marie Elisa de Vilmorin , née Bailly, (born May 3, 1826 in Paris , † August 3, 1868 in Verrières-le-Buisson ) was a French botanist and plant breeder in the Vilmorin company . Your official botanical author abbreviation is " E.Vilm. "
Life
She was from the family of the former mayor of Paris, Jean-Sylvain Bailly . In 1842 she married Louis de Vilmorin , whom she supported in breeding experiments.
After the death of her husband in 1860, she took over the company, and her son Henry de Vilmorin took over the management in 1866 .
Elisa de Vilmorin wrote about growing strawberries, but it was not published.
She was the first woman to be a member of the French Botanical Society.
Fonts
- Les fleurs de plein terre, Paris: Vilmorin-Andrieux 1863 (without information on the author)
literature
- Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Joy Harvey (Eds.): The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science , Routledge 2000, p. 1329
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Elisa de Vilmorin at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frederick Burkhardt, Joy Harvey (eds.), The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 10, Cambridge University Press 1997, p. 853 (short biography Elisa de Vilmorin)
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SURNAME | Vilmorin, Elisa de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vilmorin, Jeanne Marie Elisa de (full name); Bailly, Elisa; Vilmorin, Elisa de; E.Vilm. (botanical author abbreviation) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist and plant breeder in the Vilmorin company |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1826 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1868 |
Place of death | Verrières-le-Buisson |