André Michaux was a French botanist born on March 7, 1746, who spent 12 years studying the plants of North America. He was known for his contributions to botany, including introducing several Old World plants to America, and for authoring two books—Histoire des chênes de l’Amérique (1801; “Natural History of the Oaks of America”) and Flora Boreali-Americana (1803; “The Flora of North America”).
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