Biography:Louis Corbière
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Short description: French botanist and mycologist (1850–1941)
François Marie Louis Corbière (10 May 1850, Champsecret – 3 January 1941, Cherbourg) was a French botanist and mycologist.
He worked as a school teacher in the town of Sées, followed by similar duties in Argentan (1869). In 1882 he became a professor of sciences at the lycée in Cherbourg. Here he worked as a conservator at the city's natural history museum and as scientific director of the Parc Emmanuel-Liais.[1]
In 1907 he became a member of the Société botanique de France, and for a period of time, served as president of the Société d'horticulture de Cherbourg.[1] He was also a member of the Société des sciences naturelles de Cherbourg and the Société linnéenne de Normandie.[2]
Principal works
- Muscinées du département de la Manche, 1889 – Mosses native to the department of Manche
- Nouvelle flore de Normandie contenant la description des plantes qui croissent spontanément ou sont cultivées en grand dans les départements de La Seine-Inférieure, L'Eure, le Calvados, L'Orne & La Manche, 1893 – New flora of Normandy containing descriptions of native plants and those cultivated on a large-scale in the departments of Seine-Inférieure, Eure, Calvados, Orne and Manche
- Muscinées du Département du Var, 1921 – Mosses native to the department of Var
- Champignons de la Manche, 1929 – Mushrooms native to Manche.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
- ↑ Data.bnf.fr biographical data
- ↑ OCLC Classify publications
- ↑ IPNI, Corb., http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Corb.
External links
- Error in Template:Internet Archive author: Louis Corbière doesn't exist.
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