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Jean Louis August Loiseleur-Deslongchamps

Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
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Born (1774-03-24)24 March 1774
Dreux
Died (1849-05-08)8 May 1849
Paris
Residence France
Nationality French
Awards Legion of Honour
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Loisel.

Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (born 24 March 1774 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir — died 8 May 1849 in Paris) was a French physician and botanist.

He was the author of and contributor of a number of works on medicine and botany. He was elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 1823 and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1834.

He is commemorated with the botanical genera Loiseleuria (Desv., 1813) and Longchampia (Willd., 1811). His son was the Indologist, Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps.


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