Jean Marie Antoine Griolet

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Jean Marie Antoine Griolet (born September 5, 1763 in Nîmes , † March 2, 1806 in Genoa ) was a French lawyer , botanist and writer .

Life

Jean Marie Antoine Griolet was a trained lawyer and councilor to the Court of Nîmes but soon moved on to administration. The French Revolution of 1789 initially promoted its rise; but he soon had to give up his high offices and save his threatened life by fleeing. When the horror was over, he returned to France. But he was disgruntled about the loss of many friends who had been executed and the situation in the capital. So he no longer took up his previous post, but turned to Genoa, in order to find the independence and tranquility that Paris had not been able to grant him here, among new friends and in the happy commercial career that he was now pursuing . The literary activity was not neglected. When Genoa was united with France, he headed the Genoa Chamber of Commerce and did a lot to facilitate the transition under the new rule. The confidence he enjoyed in Lebrun , who was to run the association, contributed significantly to this. Griolet died prematurely on March 2, 1806, at the age of 42. In Genoa his passing was deeply regretted; the Chamber of Commerce had his bust erected in its meeting room.

Griolet wrote, among other things, Discours sur l'influence de Boileau (1787). This typeface had previously been awarded a prize by the Nîmes Academy. He also wrote Sur les fonctions des adjoints dans la nouvelle procédure criminelle, lettre à un notable adjoint (1789). This work was an occasional publication, but in the judgment of French critics it was substantial. The earliest works of Griolet were actually aimed at the formulation of a philosophical grammar , but they were not completed despite much collected material.

Griolet achieved a somewhat greater importance in a field that was unrelated to his other studies, namely in the field of botany . Diligent studies soon made him very well acquainted with the flora of Genoa, so that he was able to leave a Florule de Gênes that was well-founded. On his excursions he discovered four new, previously unknown plants: Genista genuensis , Ophrys speculum , Serapias tribola and a Carex species that botanists named after him as Carex Grioletii .

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SURNAME Griolet, Jean Marie Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French lawyer, botanist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH Nîmes
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1806
Place of death Genoa