Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy
Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy (born October 2, 1792 in Blois , † October 6, 1838 in Djulfa , Iran ) was a French botanist and explorer . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Aucher "; earlier the abbreviation “ Also. “Used.
After training in Orléans and Paris, he moved to Istanbul in 1830 to collect plants in the Orient. He wanted to create a herbarium of the plants of the Orient. From 1830 to 1838 he traveled extensively in Asia Minor and the Middle East. These trips led in 1830 to Egypt , Syria , Cyprus and the Greek island of Kos . In the following years he combed large parts of Turkey, Greece, Iran and other countries. He sold his collected plants to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. Exhausted and sick, he died in Djulfa near Isfahan on October 6, 1838.
His work Rélations de voyages en Orient de 1830 à 1838 was published posthumously in 1843.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy at the IPNI
- Short biography at bilimtarihi.org (engl.)
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- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aucher-Éloy, Pierre Martin Rémi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blois |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1838 |
| Place of death | Djulfa , Iran |