Jaques Étienne Gay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaques Étienne Gay

botanist (1786-1864)

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1786

Place of Birth: Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Date of Death: 16-Jan-1864

Profession: botanist

Nationality: Switzerland, France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jaques Étienne Gay (b.
1786 Switzerland – 1864) was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist.
His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g.
Crocus sieberi J.Gay.
He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin with whom he began collecting plants at the age of 14.
He was married to Rosalie Nillion. The botanical genus Gaya was named in his honour, as was the species Potamogeton gayi Bennett 1892.