Jacques Daléchamps
Jacques Joseph Daléchamps (* 1513 in Caen ; † March 1, 1588 in Lyon ) was a French doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Daléchamps ".
Life
Daléchamps studied medicine at the University of Montpellier from 1545 and received his doctorate there in 1547. The naturalist and doctor Guillaume Rondelet had a great influence on Daléchamps.
After Daléchamps had worked for a few years in Grenoble and Valence , he came to Lyon in 1552 ; there he was a doctor at the Hôtel-Dieu until his death .
Daléchamps was one of the most important botanists of the Renaissance . His most important work is the Historia generalis plantarum , which was one of the fundamental plant books of its time, in which he described around 3000 species, many of which are also illustrated.
Other works are Chirurgie Française (Lyon, 1570–1573) and the translation by Galenus : Administrations anatomiques de Claude Galien, traduictes fidèlement du grec en françois par M. Jacques Dalechamps, ... corrigées en infinis passages avec extreme diligence du traducteur . He translated ancient scientific and medical works, including Gaius Plinius Secundus and Seneca .
Honor taxon
Charles Plumier named the genus Dalechampia of the plant family of milkweed plants (Euphorbiaceae) in his honor . Carl von Linné later took over this name.
Fonts (selection)
- Histoire générale des plantes. Volume 1 and Volume 2
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Historia generalis plantarum. Lyon 1586-1587
- Edition of 1586 on Googlebooks
- Edition from 1615 at the University and State Library Düsseldorf
literature
- Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Daléchamps, Jacques Joseph. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 285.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Jacques Daléchamps at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 17
- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 92
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 495
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daléchamps, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daléchamps, Jacques Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist and physician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1513 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1588 |
| Place of death | Lyon |