Charles Plumier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Plumier

French botanist

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1646

Place of Birth: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1704

Profession: biologist, botanist, explorer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Charles Plumier (20 April 1646 – 20 November 1704) was a French botanist, after whom the Frangipani genus Plumeria is named.
Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time.
He made three botanizing expeditions to the West Indies, which resulted in a massive work Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera (1703–04) and was appointed botanist to king Louis XIV of France.