biography
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Jussieu, Bernard de
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pronunciation:
[zhüsyoe]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1699–1777)
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| biography:
| Botanist, born in Lyon, SC France. He created the botanical garden at Trianon for Louis XV, and adopted a system which has become the basis of modern natural botanical classification. His brother Antoine (1686–1758) was a physician and professor at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. His nephew, Antoine Laurent (1748–1836), was also professor at the Jardin, and elaborated his uncle's system in Genera plantarum (1778–89). |
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