Louis Corbière, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Corbière

French botanist

Date of Birth: 10-May-1850

Place of Birth: Champsecret, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1941

Profession: botanist, mycologist, bryologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

François Marie Louis Corbière (10 May 1850, Champsecret – 3 January 1941, Cherbourg) was a French botanist and mycologist. He worked as a school teacher in the town of Sées, followed by similar duties in Argentan (1869).
In 1882 he became a professor of sciences at the lycée in Cherbourg.
Here he worked as a conservator at the city's natural history museum and as scientific director of the Parc Emmanuel-Liais.In 1907 he became a member of the Société botanique de France, and for a period of time, served as president of the Société d'horticulture de Cherbourg.
He was also a member of the Société des sciences naturelles de Cherbourg and the Société linnéenne de Normandie.