Michel Adanson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 219 years ago |
| Born | Aix-en-Provence |
| France | |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Field | Natural history |
| Job | Plant Biologist |
| Education | College Royal |
| Jardin du Roi | |
| Plessis Sorbon | |
| Collège Sainte-Barbe | |
| Books | Familles des Plantes |
| A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia | |
| A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia Translated from the French [i. e. from the Histoire naturelle du Sénégal]. With notes by an English gentleman, who resided some time in that country. [With a map. ]. | |
| Date of birth | April 7,1727 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Author abbrev botani | Adans |
| Date of died | August 3,1806 |
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| ID | 630279 |
Michel Adanson Life story
Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist who traveled to Senegal to study flora and fauna. He proposed a "natural system" of taxonomy distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus.
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