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Louis Corbière

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Louis Corbière
Born
François Marie Louis Corbière

10 May 1850
Died3 January 1941 (1941-01-04) (aged 90)
Known forbotanist and mycologist


François Marie Louis Corbière (10 May 1850, Champsecret – 3 January 1941, Cherbourg) was a French botanist and mycologist.[1]

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.[2]

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.[2] He was also a member of the Société des sciences naturelles de Cherbourg and the Société linnéenne de Normandie.[3]

Principal works

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  • 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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ https://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=105858
  2. ^ a b Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
  3. ^ Data.bnf.fr biographical data
  4. ^ OCLC Classify publications
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Corb.
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