Ernest Coquebert de Montbret

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Ernest Coquebert de Montbret , full name Antoine François Ernest Coquebert de Montbret , (born January 31, 1780 in Hamburg , † April 7, 1801 in Cairo ) was a French botanist .

Life

Coquebert de Montbret was a son of the French diplomat in Hamburg Charles Coquebert de Montbret (1755-1831).

At his father's request, the board of directors appointed him to the Commission des sciences et des arts in March 1798 . As a member of this commission, Coquebert de Montbret accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his invasion of Egypt .

Coquebert de Montbret made some trips through Egypt , during which he examined the local flora. With effect from September 8, 1800 he was appointed librarian of the Institut d'Égypte in Cairo, but he gave this office back on February 20, 1801 in order to be able to devote himself more intensively to the Egyptian flora. Some of his plants scientifically described for the first time were included in the Description de l'Égypte .

Ernest Coquebert de Montbret died of the plague in Cairo at the age of 21 .

Honors

The plant genera of Crocosmia ( Montbretia DC. , Today synonym of Crocosmia . Planch ) and Montbretiopsis L.Bolus of the family Iridaceae (Iridaceae) were named after him. The genus Coquebertia Brongn. from the legume family (Fabaceae) honors all representatives of this family of natural scientists: the father Charles Étienne Coquebert de Montbret (1755–1831), his sons Antoine François Ernest Coquebert de Montbret, Eugène Barthélémy Coquebert de Montbret (1785–1847) and Anton Coquebert de Montbret (? -1825/1828) and the grandson Gustav Coquebert de Montbret (1805-1837).

literature

  • Doe de Maindreville: La mission d'Ernest Coquebert de Montbret, botaniste attaché à l'expédition d'Égypte (1798-1801). In: Carnet de La Sabredache 414, 1956, Sp 45–86.
  • Jean-Edouard Goby: Antoine-François-Ernest Coquebert de Montbret, bibliothécaire du premier Institut d'Égypte. In: Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte 31, 1949, pp. 77-87.
  • Édouard de Villiers du Terrage: Journal et souvenirs sur l'expédition d'Égypte . Paris 1899 (Reprint Phénix Edition, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-7458-0319-0 ), pp. 357-358.
  • Yves Laissus: L'Égypte, une aventure savante avec Bonaparte, Kléber, Menou 1798-1801 . Fayard, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-213-60096-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2001. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
personal data
SURNAME Coquebert de Montbret, Ernest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Montbret (botanical author abbreviation); Coquebert de Montbret, Antoine François Ernest (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French botanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1801
Place of death Cairo