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Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny

Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny
Born (1806-12-02)December 2, 1806
Couëron, France
Died February 14, 1876(1876-02-14)
Paris
Nationality French
Fields
Institutions Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French botanist and geologist specializing in the Tertiary of France. He was the younger brother of French naturalist and South American explorer, Alcide d'Orbigny. At the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, d'Orbigny identified many of the flowering plant species returned to France from his brother's natural history collecting journeys through South America.


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