Michel Adanson

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Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French naturalist and taxonomist known for his influential work on plant classification and his extensive botanical explorations in Senegal.

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instanceOf French person
botanist
human
naturalist
taxonomist
approach use of multiple characters in classification
authorOf Familles des plantes NERFINISHED
burialPlace Paris NERFINISHED
citizenship France
collectedSpecimensIn Senegal NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1727-04-07
dateOfDeath 1806-08-03
employer French East India Company NERFINISHED
era 18th century
familyName Adanson NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork botany
natural history
taxonomy
gender male
givenName Michel NERFINISHED
influenced later systems of plant taxonomy
influencedBy Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED
knownFor botanical explorations in Senegal
development of an empirical classification system
plant classification
languageOfWork French
lifespan 1727–1806
memberOf Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
name Michel Adanson NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableWork Familles des plantes NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Aix-en-Provence NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
proposed natural classification of plants
publicationYear 1763
residence Paris
studied mollusks
plants
workedIn Paris NERFINISHED
Senegal NERFINISHED

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Jardin du Roi notableEmployee Michel Adanson