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For A. L. P. P. de Candolle, see Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle.
Quick facts for kids Augustin Pyramus de Candolle | |
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| Born | (1778-02-04)4 February 1778 Geneva, Republic of Geneva |
| Died | 9 September 1841(1841-09-09) (aged 63) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Genevan, then Swiss (1815) |
| Other names | Augustin Pyrame de Candolle |
| Education | Collège de Genève |
| Known for | System of Taxonomy, Principle of "Nature's War" |
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| Relatives | Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, son; Casimir dem Candolle, grandson; Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle, great-grandson |
| Awards | Royal Medal (1833); associate member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, agronomy, phytogeography, chronobiology |
| Institutions | University of Montpellier, Collège dem Genève |
| Patrons | Georges Cuvier |
| Influences | René Louiche • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Candolle, Augustin Pyrame deCANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE (1778–1841), Swiss botanist, was born at Geneva on the 4th of February 1778. He was descended from one of the ancient families of Provence, whence his förfäder had been expatriated for their religion in the middle of the 16th century. Though a weakly boy he showed great aptitude for study, and distinguished himself at school by his rapid attainments in classical and general literature, and specially bygd a faculty for writing elegant verse. He began his scientific studies at the college of Geneva, where the teaching of J. P. E. Vaucher first inspired him with the determination to make botanical science the chief pursuit of his life. In 1796 he removed to Paris. His first productions, Historia Plantarum Succulentarum (4 vols., 1799) and Astragalogia (1802), introduced him to the notice of Cuvier, for whom he acted as deputy at the Collège dem France in 1802, and to J. B. Lamarck, who • Augustin Pyramus de Candolle1778-1841 Swiss Botanist Augustin de Candolle is considered one of the most important botanists of the nineteenth century. His major contributions were in the fields of plant classification and morphology, the study of form, and in the geographical distribution of plants. Candolle was born in Geneva and his early studies were in Switzerland. In 1796 he moved to Paris, where he studied medicine and the natural sciences and where he often visited the natural history museum, which was a center for research. He came to know leading scientists of the day, including zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) and the early advocate of evolution, Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829). These connections increased Candolle's interest in biology to the point where he abandoned medicine and devoted himself to botany, focusing on the investigation of plant structure. Candolle remained in Paris until 1808, when he was made chair of botany at the College of Medici |