Adanson, M[ichel], 1727-1806
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ms30A voyage to Senegal, the isle of Goree, and the river Gambia
A voyage to Senegal, the isle of Goree, and the river Gambiabook chapter 1759
- Summary
- Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist who traveled to Senegal to study flora and fauna. He proposed a "natural system" of taxonomy distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus. The standard author abbreviation Adans. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1727 [2]
- 1727-04-07 [4]
- Birth Place
- Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) [3]
- Aix-en-Provence [4]
- Died
- 1806 [2]
- 1806-08-03 [4]
- Death Place
- Paris, 2e arrondissement (France) [3]
- Paris [4]
- Country
- France [2]
- Language
- French [3]
- Occupation
- botanist [4]
- pteridologist [4]
- entomologist [4]
- anthropologist [4]
- mycologist [4]
- conchologist [4]
- naturalist [4]
- explorer [4]
- ethnologist [4]
- botanical collector [4]
- scientific collector [4]
- Profession
- Naturwissenschaftler [2]
- Educated at
- Collège Sainte-Barbe [4]
- Country of Education
- France [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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