Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps

French botanist

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1774

Place of Birth: Dreux, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 08-May-1849

Profession: physician, botanist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps

  • Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (born 24 March 1774 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir — died 8 May 1849 in Paris) was a French physician and botanist. He was the author of and contributor of a number of works on medicine and botany.
  • He was elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 1823 and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1834. He is commemorated with the botanical genera Loiseleuria (Desv., 1813) and Longchampia (Willd., 1811).
  • His son was the Indologist, Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps.

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