André Guillaumin

André Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin is a French botanist who was born on 21 June 1885 in Arrou and died on 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons. He obtained his license in natural sciences in 1906 and began work in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris in 1909 as a preparer. He obtained a doctorate in science in 1910 and became assistant to the chair of botany and plant physiology, heading the department after the chair's death in 1932. He became the deputy director of the museum from 1947 to 1950, retiring in 1956.

His work includes the investigation of the parts of Oxalidaceae, Rutaceae, Burseraceae, Hamamelidaceae, Haloragaceae, Callitrichaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Mehistomaceae and Crypteroniaceae in Flowers of Indo-China (1910, 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921), Useful and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs (1928) and The Flowers for Gardens (4 volumes, 1929 to 1936 ). He also has a forthcoming posthumous book by Diguet Léon, Useful Cacti of Mexico.

Despite limited resources, Guillaumin continues to have a contribution to the museum, and is the creator or several gardens, including the winter, or alpine garden.

References

Philippe Jaussaud & Edward R. Brygoo (2004). Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies . Brygoo (2004). Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris: page 630.