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Gustave-Adolphe Thuret: Quick Facts

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Born May 23, 1817 • Paris • France
Died May 10, 1875 (aged 57) • Nice • France
Subjects Of Study Chara • Floridae • Fucus • algae • brown algae • fertilization

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French botanist Gustave-Adolphe Thuret, c. 1867.
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Sir William Jackson Hooker
British botanist
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Christian Konrad Sprengel
German botanist
Nathanael Pringsheim.
Nathanael Pringsheim
German botanist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret
French botanist and explorer
Title page of Flora Boreali-Americana by Andre Michaux (1746-1802), printed in 1803,
André Michaux
French botanist
Image of an engraving of the 16th century botanist Carolus Clusius.
Carolus Clusius
French botanist
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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
French botanist
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Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet
French botanist
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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
French botanist and physician
Adanson, Michel
Michel Adanson
French botanist
Boyle's law
Edme Mariotte
French physicist
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu.
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu
French botanist
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Félix Dujardin
French biologist
L'Obel, Matthias de
Matthias de L’Obel
Flemish-born physician and 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
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Antoine de Jussieu
French botanist and physician

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