Théodore Monbeig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist
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Place of Birth: Salies-de-Béarn, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Théodore Monbeig
- Jean Théodore Monbeig-Andrieu (22 October 1875 in Salies-de-Béarn – 12 June 1914 in Litang) was a French Catholic missionary and botanist who collected plants for the Paris Natural History Museum from northern Yunnan where he was posted.
- He also collected butterflies for Charles Oberthur. Monbeig was ordained for the Paris Foreign Missions Society and sent to the Tibetan part of Yunnan in 1899.
- He assisted Father Jules Dubernard who was murdered in 1905 in Tse-kou with other colleagues.
- Father Soulié was also killed by a Lama revolt at that time. Father Monbeig moved afterwards to more secure Cizhong with his parishioners.
- He built the church of the village (dedicated to Holy Heart) and founded a convent for young Tibetan women to be village teachers.
- He devoted his free time to collecting plants from the mountains.
- He was murdered near Litang while reaching a mission post.More than 20 species were named after him, such as Deutzia monbeigii W.W.Sm.
- or Cornus monbeigii Hemsl.
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