Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle
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Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (15 June 1746 – 18 August 1800) was an 18th century French botanist and magistrate. Born into an affluent upper-class Parisian family, connections with the French Royal Court secured him the position of Superindent of Parisian Waters and Forests at the age of twenty-six.[1] In this capacity, L'Héritier conducted various studies of native trees and shrubs, also gaining interest in exotic flora.
When he died he left a herbarium of approximately 8,000 species and a large botanic library.
The abbreviation L'Herit. is used too.
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[edit] Works
- Stirpes Novae aut minus cognitae, quas descriptionibus et iconibus illustravit... Paris, ex typographia Philippi-Dionysii Pierres (1784) - (1791) - on line, Gallica
- Sertum Anglicum seu Plantae Rariores quae in Hortis juxta Londinum, Imprimis in Horto Regio Kewensi Excoluntur, ab Anno 1786 ad Annuum 1787 Observatae. (Published in parts, 1789-1793, although title page says 1788: see Stafleu's essay, cited in Further Reading).
- Geraniologia, seu Erodii, Pelargonii, Geranii, Monsoniae et Grieli, Historia iconibus illustrata, Parisii, Typo Petri-Francisci Didot (1787-1788; 1792); plates by Pierre-Joseph Redouté on line.
- Cornus: specimen botanicum sistens descriptiones et icones specierum corni minus cognitarum, Parisiis, Typis Petri-Francisci Didot, (1788). MGB Library, on Line.
- "Mémoire sur un nouveau genre de plants appelé Cadia", Magasin encyclopédique, (1795)
[edit] References
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- ^ Erickson, Robert F. (2003). Charles Louis L Héritier de Brutelle, 1746 - 1800. MBG Rare Books. http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/author.asp?creator=L%20H%C3%A9ritier%20de%20Brutelle,%20Charles%20Louis&creatorID=9.
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
[edit] Further reading
- Sir Joseph Banks, 1958, The Banks Letters. A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks. Edited by Warren R. Dawson.
- James Britten and B. B. Woodward, 1905, "L’Héritier’s Botanical Works". The Journal of Botany. v. 43:266-273; 325-329.
- Günther Buchheim, "A bibliographical account of L’Héritier’s ‘Stirpes novae’." Huntia, v. 2:29-58. 1965.
- Georges Cuvier, 1819, Recueil des Éloges Historiques, v. 1:109-133.
- Théodore J. E. Hamy, 1905, Joseph Dombey, sa vie, son oeuvre, sa correspondance.
- Frans A. Stafleu, 1963, L’Héritier de Brutelle: the man and his work, Sertum Anglicum, facs. ed. xiii-xliii. Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh.
- Arthur Robert Steele, 1964, Flowers for the King.
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