Henri Louis Poisson

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Henri Louis Poisson (born August 24, 1877 in Michery , † May 9, 1963 in Paris ), was a French botanist and ornithologist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Poiss. "

Life

Poisson studied first at the École nationale vétérinaire de Lyon (ENVL) until 1902 and then during his time as an intern in the laboratory for zoology and parasitology of the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (envA) from 1903 to 1905 at the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Paris.

In 1905 he was appointed to the chair for culture of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and in 1912 received his doctorate in natural sciences with a dissertation on the subject of Recherches sur la Flore Méridionale de Madagascar . From 1914 to 1919 he was a veterinarian in the French army. In this function he came to Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) in Madagascar in 1916 , where he met and worked with Raymond Decary . From 1920 to 1924 he was stationed in Toliara (Tuléar). There he put together botanical collections. In 1928 he was chief veterinarian in Madagascar . Later he was Inspector General of the Veterinary Service of the French Overseas Territories.

In 1954 he was retired in Tananarive and returned to Paris.

Publications (selection)

  • 1912: Recherches sur la Flore Méridionale de Madagascar (dissertation)
  • 1925: Recherches vétérinaires sur l'autruche à Madagascar
  • Research on the Flore Méridionale de Madagascar
  • 1940: Collection de documents concernant Madagascar et les pays voisins, Tananarive

Honors

  • Medal de la guerre de 1914–1918
  • 1928: Admission to the Société des sciences médicales de Madagascar
  • 1929 Knight of the Legion of Honor
  • 1948: Officer of the Ordre du Mérite agricole
  • 1948: Admission as a corresponding member of the 2nd section by the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer
  • 1958: Admission as a member of the 4th section by the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archives de l'Yonne, commune de Michery, birth files, number 19, 1877 (with marginal note of death)
  2. ↑ Archives de Paris 14e, Acts of Death 2303, 1963, p. 2 of 61
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Poisson, Henri. Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer.
  4. ↑ Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Volume 18, Impr. Nationale, 1912, p. 344 [1]
  5. ↑ GE Wickens: The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia, Springer Science & Business Media, 2008, p. 26 [2]
  6. ↑ Bulletin économique trimestriel, Vol. 25–26, Madagascar, 1928 [3] ,
  7. ↑ Comptes rendus mensuels des séances de l'Académie des sciences d'outre-mer, Volume 28, Académie des sciences d'outre-mer, 1968, p. 5 [4]
personal data
SURNAME Poisson, Henri Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poisson, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French botanist and ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Michery
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1963
Place of death Paris