François-Xavier Gillot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François-Xavier Gillot

French botanist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1842

Place of Birth: Autun, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 18-Oct-1910

Profession: botanist, mycologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

François-Xavier Gillot (12 September 1842, Autun – 8 October 1910, Autun) was a French physician, mycologist and botanist. Gillot was a founding member of the Société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun, and from 1877 was a non-resident member of the Société botanique de Lyon.
The fungal genus Gillotia was named in his honor by Pier Andrea Saccardo and Alessandro Trotter.