Nestor Léon Marchand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nestor Léon Marchand

French botanist

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1833

Place of Birth: Lunéville, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1911

Profession: botanist, mycologist, lichenologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nestor Léon Marchand (15 April 1833 – 16 April 1911) was a French medical doctor, pharmacist, and botanist.
He is known for his studies of the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. He studied in Tours and Paris, subsequently earning a bachelor of science degree (1860), a doctorate in medicine (1861), a first-class license in pharmacy (1864) and a doctorate in natural sciences (1867).
He later became a professor of botanical cryptogamy at the École supérieure de pharmacie in Paris.
He was mayor of Thiais, France from 1881 to 1887.