Title

Antoine-Laurent Jussieu, French botanist, 1880. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Antoine-Laurent Jussieu, French botanist, 1880. Born in Lyon, Jussieu (1748-1836), the nephew of the botanist Bernard de Jussieu, studied medicine, graduating in 1770. He was professor of botany at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, from 1770-1826 and his classification of many of the the plant families is still used today. From The Vegetable World by Louis Figuier. (London, c1880).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B66_047

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No

License type

Rights managed

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50,0Mb (2,6Mb) / 13,2in x 14,7in / 3956 x 4414 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature people male job man men plant country French France science guy occupation scientist location century profession botany B&W botanist professor MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive Antoine-Laurent Jussieu engraving portrait Unknown Louis Figuier Figuier Louis Jussieu Antoine-Laurent Louis Figuier engraving portrait