Roger Heim
| Roger Heim | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 12, 1900 Paris, France |
| Died | September 17, 1979 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Residence | France |
| Citizenship | French |
| Nationality | France |
| Fields | Mycology, phytopathology |
| Institutions | French National Museum of Natural History (1951–1965) |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Known for | Basic work on the hymenium anatomy, systematics and phylogeny of higher fungi, tropical mycology, ethnomycology |
| Notable awards |
Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | R.Heim |
Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Darwin-Wallace Medal (1958)
Honorary Member of the Mycological Society of America (1973)
Commandeur de l'Legion d'Honeur
"la Medaille de la Resistance"
Roger Heim (February 12, 1900 – September 17, 1979) was a French botanist specialising in mycology and tropical phytopathology. He was known for his studies describing the anatomy of the mushroom hymenium, the systematics and phylogeny of higher fungi (especially the related genera Lactarius and Russula, the Russulales and Secotium), the mycology of tropical fungi such as Termitomyces, as well as ethnomycological work on hallucinogenic fungi, like Psilocybe and Stropharia. In his career, he published over 560 articles, scientific reviews, and major works in fields like botany, chemistry, education, forestry, horticulture, liberal arts, medicine and zoology.
Heim studied at the École Centrale Paris (D.Sc., 1931) and Uppsala University, Sweden (Hon. Ph.D.) and went on to become the director of the French National Museum of Natural History, a post he held from 1951 to 1965. He involved the Museum in the conservation of nature, as he was a precursor about the environmental concern while, at this time, most of the biologists only cared about science but not about the biodiversity loss. In this period of time, he presided the 8th International Botanical Congress held in Paris in 1954. He was President of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, from 1954 to 1958. Among the many awards Heim received in his lifetime, he was a Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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