Léon de la Fontaine

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Family grave at the Liebfrauenfriedhof in Luxembourg

François Joseph Albert Léon de la Fontaine (born November 18, 1819 in Luxembourg ; † February 5, 1892 ibid) was a Luxembourg lawyer, politician and botanist.

Life

On May 21, 1848, he became a member of the Luxembourg Constituante , the constituent assembly, in place of Charles Munchen , who was delegated to the Frankfurt Parliament . From December 14, 1866 to June 18, 1867 he was director general (minister) of justice, initially also of finance, in the de Tornaco government.

From 1867 Léon de la Fontaine was a corresponding member of the natural science society of the Grand Duchy ( Société des Sciences naturelles ), which from 1868 formed the scientific section of the Grand Ducal Institute. He was also a founding member of the botanical society ( Société de botanique or Société botanique ). He was particularly interested in ferns .

Léon de la Fontaine was the son of the former governor Théodore de la Fontaine and the brother of the writer Edmond de la Fontaine ( Dicks ) and the pioneer of Luxembourg zoology, Alphonse de la Fontaine .

Since 1839 he was a member of the Corps Hanseatia Heidelberg.

Publications

  • Note on “Polypodium aculeatum, Linné”. (To the Botanical Association of Luxembourg). Recueil des Mémoires et des Travaux publiés par la Société botanique du G.-D. de Luxembourg, 9-10 (1883-1884), pp. 101-152 ( PDF ).
  • Note on Asplenium germanicum, Weis. (Aspl. Brenii, Retz; Aspl. Murale, Bernh .; Aspl. Alternifolium, Jacq.). Recueil des Mémoires et des Travaux publiés par la Société botanique du G.-D. de Luxembourg, 11 (1885-1886), pp. 69-89 ( online ).
  • Notice on les Fougères de la flore luxembourgeoise. Report lu en séance du 19 December 1885, sur les Fougères trouvées par M. Reisen, en Ardennes. Recueil des Mémoires et des Travaux publiés par la Société botanique du G.-D. de Luxembourg 11 (1885-1886), pp. 90-126 ( online ).

literature

  • Anonymous: Personnages: Léon de la Fontaine, “De Schnorré”. In: Lëtzebuerger Journal 1999, No. 220 (November 18), p. 21.
  • Evy Friedrich: Kalennerblieder. Vol. 3. JP Krippler, Lëtzebuerg 1981, 395 p. (Léon de la Fontaine, p. 43).
  • Jules Mersch: La famille de la Fontaine. In: Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg, fasc. 7. Luxembourg 1956, pp. 39-132 (Léon de la Fontaine, pp. 101-110).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Spedener: Those who lived and wove in the Luxembourg region. Biographical Notes. P. Faber, Grevenmacher 1937, p. 27.
  2. ↑ J. Mersch 1956, p. 101.
    Alexander Koenig: Famous Moselaner. Neue Mosel-Zeitung (Mich. Braun), Grevenmacher 1923, p. 24, writes that Léon de la Fontaine represented the canton of Remich in the assembly of estates from April 15 to July 28, 1848 and was secretary of the “Constituante” .
  3. ↑ G. Thewes: Les Gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848. Service Information et Presse, Luxembourg 2006, p. 29. ( PDF )
  4. ↑ Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 10 (1867–1868), p. 272.
  5. ^ JA Massard: La Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois du point de vue historique. Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois, 91 (1990), p. 16ff. ( PDF )
  6. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 113/95
personal data
SURNAME De la Fontaine, Leon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES de la Fontaine, François Joseph Albert Léon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg lawyer, politician and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1892
Place of death Luxembourg