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Adrien Henri Laurent (Adrien) de Jussieu

1797–1853

French botanist. In 1826, succeeded his father, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, as professor of botany at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Paris, where he helped to build up a large herbarium.

Sources

DSB

NBU.

Bibliography

DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.

NBU: Nouvelle biographie universelle depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l’indication des sources a consulter. Edited by Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer. 46 vols. in 23. Paris: Firmin Didot Frères. 1852–66.

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