Nicolas Théodore de Saussure

Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (born October 14, 1767 in Geneva , † April 18, 1845 in Geneva) was a Swiss naturalist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " NTSauss. "

Live and act

Horace Bénédict de Saussure's son received his first training from his father, whom he helped with barometric examinations when he climbed Mont Blanc in 1787. He fled to England during the French Revolution . In 1802 he returned to Geneva and was there until 1835 honorary professor of mineralogy and geology at the Geneva Academy.

In addition to chemical studies, he also devoted himself to botany . His main work, the "Recherches chimiques sur la Vegetation" (Paris 1804; German von Voigt, Leipzig 1805), was epoch-making for plant physiology , above all in that he first dealt with the questions of nutrition mainly quantitatively, but then also through mastery which he carried out his vegetation experiments and obtained certain results.

Nicolas Théodore de Saussure was a repeated member of the Geneva Council. He is the grandfather of the eminent linguist Ferdinand de Saussure . In 1808 the Bavarian Academy of Sciences appointed him a corresponding member, and in 1820 a foreign member. In the same year he was also elected a foreign member of the Royal Society . From 1808 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

Honors

The plant genus Saussurea DC is named after him and his father . from the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

Works

Chemical studies on vegetation . 2 volumes, Engelmann, Leipzig 1890 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

Individual evidence

↑ Prof. Dr. Nicolas Théodore de Saussure , members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
^ Entry on Saussure, Nicolas Theodore de (1767 - 1845) in the archive of the Royal Society , London
^ List of members since 1666: Letter S. Académie des sciences, accessed on February 25, 2020 (French).
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Wikisource: Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure - Sources and full texts

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Nicolas Théodore de Saussure at the IPNI
Editing: Saussure, Nicolas Théodore de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

personal data
SURNAME	Saussure, Nicolas Théodore de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 14, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	April 18, 1845
Place of death	Geneva

[1] Prof. Dr. Nicolas Théodore de Saussure , members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

[2] Entry on Saussure, Nicolas Theodore de (1767 - 1845) in the archive of the Royal Society , London

[3] List of members since 1666: Letter S. Académie des sciences, accessed on February 25, 2020 (French).

[Burkhardt_2018-4] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .