Jean-Marie Géhu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Marie Géhu

French botanist

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1930

Date of Death: 15-Feb-2014

Profession: university teacher, botanist, teacher-researcher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jean-Marie Géhu (3 April 1930 - 15 February 2014) was a French botanist.
He received his BSc in Biology in 1952, his MSc in 1955, and his PhD in Botany in 1961 from Lille University.
As professor of botany at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Lille, he founded in 1975, with his wife Jeanette Géhu-Franck, in Bailleul, the Centre régional de Phytosociologie, which was certified as a "Conservatoire botanique national de Bailleul" in 1991.He was mainly known for his works on phytosociology, plant ecology and his vegetation studies applied to nature conservation.
He was a specialist in European coastal vegetations.
He also played a major role in the characterization of the plant communities of Algeria.He was the Secretary General of the Fédération internationale de phytosociologie from 2000 until his death.
In 2010, he was honored at an international symposium on the one hundredth anniversary of phytosociology.He was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on 31 December 2001.