Joseph Duval-Jouve
Joseph Duval-Jouve , born in Joseph Duval , ( August 7, 1810 in Boissy-Lamberville , † August 25, 1883 in Montpellier ) was a French botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Duval-Jouve ".
He adopted the surname Duval-Jouve after his marriage. He taught at the college in Grasse from 1832 to 1852 (from 1846 as the successor to his father-in-law Jouve as director) and was then school inspector in Algeria (1852), Strasbourg (1854) and Montpellier (1868 to 1873). Most recently he got into trouble because he was anti-clerical and pro-Darwinist.
Duval-Jouve specialized in sweet grasses and horsetail . The remainder of his herbarium went to the University of Montpellier. The genus of sweet grass Jouvea is named in his honor. He was a member of the Société des sciences naturelles de Strasbourg (1865). On March 25, 1878, he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
After retiring from civil service, he was on the Montpellier City Council and wrote about local history.
He was the father of the histologist and professor at the Sorbonne Mathias-Marie Duval (1844-1907).
Fonts
- Histoire naturelle des Equisetum de France, Paris 1864
- Étude anatomique de l'arète des graminées, Montpellier 1870
- Les Noms de rues de Montpellier. Étude critique et historique, 1877
- Histoire populaire de Montpellier, 1878
- Montpellier pendant la Révolution, 2 volumes 1879, 1881, new edition 1974
Web links
- JSTOR, Global Plants
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Joseph Duval-Jouve at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of members since 1666: Letter D. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 10, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duval-Jouve, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duval, Joseph (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boissy-Lamberville |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1883 |
| Place of death | Montpellier |