Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc d'Antic (born January 29, 1759 in Paris , † July 10, 1828 there ) was a French naturalist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Bosc ".
Live and act
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc d'Antic was the son of the physician and chemist Paul Bosc d'Antic (1726–1784). He studied in Dijon and then went into administration. From 1778 he was general secretary of the postal administration. He also attended lectures on botany by Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu in Paris and came into contact with naturalists and built up a zoological collection. In 1787 he was one of the founders of the Parisian Linnaeus Society, which existed until 1789. From 1784 to 1788 he edited the "Journal des Savants" and was administrateur des postes under Roland's ministry, which he remained until 1793. He fled to the country before the reign of terror. In 1796 he was sent by the Directory as consul to North America ( Wilmington, North Carolina and New York City ). In 1800 he returned and was initially entrusted with the administration of prisons and hospices. He travels as a naturalist to Switzerland and Italy, where he acquires a collection of fossil fish for the Paris Natural History Museum. In 1803 he became administrator of the gardens and tree nurseries in Versailles, later he managed other tree nurseries and forests for the Ministry of the Interior. In 1825 he became professor of culture (that is, agriculture and forestry, fruit growing, horticulture) at the Natural History Museum in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, succeeding André Thouin .
He published volumes on mussels, worms and crustaceans as part of a book project revising the natural history of Buffon . He has also published a great deal on agriculture and viticulture and has contributed to contemporary manuals and encyclopedias in the field.
Honors
The genus Boscia of the plant family of the caper family (Capparaceae) was named in his honor.
In 1806 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences .
Fonts
- Histoire naturelle des coquilles (1801/1802, 2nd ed. 1824, 5 vols.)
- Histoire naturelle des Vers , 2 volumes, Paris 1801
- Histoire naturelle des Crustacées , 3 volumes, Paris 1802
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 24, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bosc, Louis Augustin Guillaume |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bosc d'Antic, Louis Augustin Guillaume (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1828 |
| Place of death | Paris |