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  Augustin Pyrame De Candolle - LoveToKnow 1911
AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE CANDOLLE (1778-1841), Swiss botanist, was born at Geneva.
In 1807 he was appointed professor of botany in the medical faculty of the university of Montpellier, and in 1810 he was transferred to the newly founded chair of botany of the faculty of sciences in the same university.
His Son, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame De Candolle, born at Paris on the 28th of October 1806, at first devoted himself to the study of law, but gradually drifted to botany and finally succeeded to his father's chair.
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CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE (1778—1841), Swiss botanist, was born at Geneva on the 4th of February 1778.
The Principes elementaires de botanique, printed as the introduction to this work, contained the first exposition of his principle of classification according to the natural as opposed to.
His son, ALPHONSE LOUIS PIERRE PYRAME DE CANDOLLE, born at Paris on the 28th of October 18o6, at first devoted himself to the study of law, but gradually drifted to botany and finally succeeded to his father's chair.
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  Augustin Pyrame de Candolle. Who is Augustin Pyrame de Candolle? What is Augustin Pyrame de Candolle? Where is ...
Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (February 4, 1778 - September 9, 1841) was a Swiss botanist.
The Principes élémentaires de botanique, printed as the introduction to this work, contained the first exposition of his principle of classification according to the natural as opposed to the Linnean or artificial method.
His son, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle, born at Paris on October 28, 1806, at first devoted himself to the study of law, but gradually drifted to botany and finally succeeded to his father's chair.
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 Chrono-Biographical Sketch: Alphonse de Candolle
Although not quite the revolutionary thinker his father Augustin was, Alphonse de Candolle yet exhibited a level of industry and logical acuity that led to his ascending to the top rank of nineteenth century botanists as well.
Candolle succeeded his father as chair of botany and director of the botanical garden at Geneva, but retired from both positions in his mid-forties to devote himself to research full-time.
Candolle, like his father, was much involved in various forms of public service (he was responsible, for example, for introducing the use of postage stamps into Switzerland).
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Alphonse(-Louis-Pierre) Pyrame de Candolle was a Swiss botanist who began new methods of investigation and analysis in phytogeography (the geographic distribution of plants).
Alphonse de Candolle, completed this series, and is mainly responsible for continuing the great work Prodromus Systematis Naturalis regni vegetablis, published over a number of years, following the original lines laid down by his father.
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, was a an astronomer, born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France.
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Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle (Paris, 1806 – Ginebra, 1893), fue un botánico suizo.
Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (Ginebra, suiza, 4 de febrero de 1778– 9 de septiembre de 1841) fue un botánico suizo.
Conrad Gessner (Konrad Gessner, Conrad von Gesner, Conradus Gesnerus) (26 de marzo de 1516 - 13 de diciembre de 1565) fue un naturalista suizo.
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Candolle, Augustin Pyrame de (1778-1841) Botanist, born in Geneva, SW Switzerland.
Castro, Rosalía de (1837-85) Poet and novelist, born in Santiago de Compostela, NW Spain...
Chateaubriant, Alphonse de Brédenbec de (1877-1951) Novelist, born in Rennes, NW France.
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 AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE CAN... - Online Information article about AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE CAN...
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 Evolution, Darwinism, Social Darwinism, Sociobiology (Surnames A-G)
Candolle, who succeeded his father in 1835 in the Chair of Botany and in the directorship of the Botanical Gardens, is most famous for his 1855
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 Candolle, Alphonse Pyrame de --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Candolle succeeded his father, the eminent botanist Augustin Pyrame de Candolle, to the chair of botany and as the director of the botanical gardens at the University of Geneva…
After Charles Darwin's introduction of the principles of organic evolution, Candolle's criteria provided the empirical foundation for a modern evolutionary history of plants.
Novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer Alphonse Daudet was a leading figure in the 19th-century school of French naturalism.
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José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta (1832-1897), Portuguese naturalist
Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810-1892), French naturalist
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, (1748-1836), botanist, biologist (botanical abbr.: Juss.)
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 Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle Summary
Alphonse Candolle was president of the International Botanical Congress in 1866 and in this capacity was instrumental in the publication of the first of the international rules for the naming of plants.
Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle (Paris October 28, 1806 Geneva April 4, 1893), was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist A.
He first devoted himself to the study of law, but gradually drifted to botany and finally succeeded to his father's chair at the University of Geneva.
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 Candolle, Augustin --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
In 1813 he published his most important work, Théorie élémentaire de la botanique, in which he contended that plant anatomy, not physiology, must be the basis of classification, for which he coined the term taxonomy.
He studied the concepts of limit and continuity in calculus and contributed to the theory of wave propagation and optics.
The French dramatist Beaumarchais was best known as the author of two outstanding comedies of intrigue, Le Barbier de Séville (1775; The Barber of Seville) and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784; The Marriage of Figaro).
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Rapport des commissaires chargés par le roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animal.
Exposé des expériences qui one été faites pour l'examen du magnétisme animal.
With a supplement reproducing three of the four original drawings illustrating the 1791 edition of De viribus electriitatis.
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Soustelle was instrumental in the return to power of General Charles de Gaulle in 1958 but afterward broke with de Gaulle over the issue of Algeria.
On This Day In 1536 Garcia de Resende, Portuguese poet, chronicler, and editor whose life was spent in the service of the Portuguese court died.
On This Day In 1895 Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician and founder of the APRA party in Peru was born.
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He also wrote 'Grande Dictionnaire de la cuisine,' which he finished a few weeks before his death in 1870, and which was published in 1872.
Oktoberfest originated as a horse race to celebrate the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria (later King Louis I) to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
Today it is a 2 week festival ending on the 1st Sunday in October, during which more than 1 million gallons of beer are consumed at the Munich festival.
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 Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Second son of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette, he was the royalists' first recognized claimant to the monarchy after his father was executed during the French Revolution.
The “Brown Bomber,” Joe Louis was the world heavyweight boxing champion for almost 12 years—the longest reign in the history of the heavyweight division.
Situated near the confluence of two such large rivers, the area around St. Louis is prey to flooding.
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 The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de (1806-1893)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Swiss botanist who developed a new classification system for plants based on a broad number of their morphological features.
He worked extensively on the effects of climatic and other physical variables on the development of distinct species of flora, and published several books including Introduction l'tude de la botanique 1835, Gographie botanique raisonne 1855, and Historie des sciences et ses savants depuis deux sicles 1873.
Candolle was born in Geneva, the son of the eminent...
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 Alphonse De Candolle | Science and Its Times: 1800-1899
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1890 Peanut butter was developed by a St. Louis doctor for his patients with bad teeth.
1890 Peanut Butter was developed in 1890 by a St. Louis doctor for his patients with bad teeth.
R.W.'s brother Louis perfected the secret formula in 1896, which prevents the molasses coated popcorn from sticking together.
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In Rio de Janeiro he designed the beautiful gardens at the Quinta de Boa Vista which was the official home to the Royal and Imperial Family from 1809 to 1889.
He was born in London and came to the U.S. in 1870, and as of 1880 was a railroad clerk in Louisville, Ky. He had moved on to San Francisco by 1884 and arrived in Los Angeles around 1894, becoming secretary to an organization of hardware dealers.
He later left to accept a commission as 1st lieutenant in the 1st California Volunteer Cavalry when the Civil War began, served in Arizona and New Mexico, and when the California unit was disbanded he joined a unit from Missouri and was finally discharged at New Orleans in 1865.
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 October 27 - Today in Science History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Born 27 Oct 1806; died 4 Apr 1893.
French mathematician who developed powerful methods in the early study of integration, writing Traité des indivisibles.
He computed the definite integral of sin x, worked on the cycloid and computed the arc length of a spiral.
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Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Breau, French naturalist
Leonardo Da Vinci, known as an artist but mostly a biologist.
Bernard Germain Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacepede, (1756-1825), French naturalist
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Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle (Paris October 28, 1806 – Geneva April 4, 1893), was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist A.
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