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Born March 7, 1746 • France
Died November 13, 1802 (aged 56) • Toamasina • Madagascar • (Died on this day)
Subjects Of Study North America • plant

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Title page of Flora Boreali-Americana by Andre Michaux (1746-1802), printed in 1803,
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Thomas Nuttall, engraving by Thomson, 1825, after a drawing by W. Derby
Thomas Nuttall
British naturalist
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Antoine de Jussieu
French botanist and physician
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
American botanist
Brown, Robert
Robert Brown
Scottish botanist
“Father of American Botany”
Asa Gray
American botanist
David Fairchild
David Fairchild
American botanist
David Douglas
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
John Torrey
John Torrey
American botanist and chemist
Bessey, c. 1910
Charles E. Bessey
American botanist
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John Bartram
American naturalist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
French botanist
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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
French botanist and physician
Adanson, Michel
Michel Adanson
French botanist
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu.
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu
French botanist
Mirbel, Charles-François Brisseau de
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel
French botanist
Bernard de Jussieu, detail from an engraving
Bernard de Jussieu
French botanist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist

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