Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

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botanist person taxonomist

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a prominent 19th-century Swiss botanist known for pioneering work in plant taxonomy and for developing an influential natural system of plant classification.

Aliases (2)

Auguste de Candolle ×1
de Candolle ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	botanist → person → taxonomist →
awardReceived	Wollaston Medal →
canonizationStatus	secular figure →
child	Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle →
countryOfCitizenship	Switzerland →
dateOfBirth	1778-02-04 →
dateOfDeath	1841-09-09 →
described	numerous plant genera → numerous plant species →
educatedAt	Collège de Genève →
ethnicGroup	Swiss →
familyName	de Candolle →
fieldOfWork	botany → plant classification → plant taxonomy →
givenName	Augustin →
hasHonorificEponym	Candollea (journal) → De Candolle system of plant classification →
hasPartInName	Pyramus →
influenced	Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle → Charles Darwin → George Bentham → Joseph Dalton Hooker →
languageOfWorkOrName	French →
memberOf	Académie des sciences → Royal Society →
movement	natural system of plant classification →
nativeLanguage	French →
notableIdea	natural system of plant classification → principle of botanical nomenclature priority →
notableStudent	Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle →
notableWork	Flore française → Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis → Regni vegetabilis systema naturale → Théorie élémentaire de la botanique →
occupation	botanist → taxonomist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Geneva →
placeOfDeath	Geneva →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Anne-Françoise Torras →
studies	phytogeography → plant morphology → plant systematics →
workLocation	Geneva → Paris →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fabales → Ulmaceae →	describedBy
Cimetière des Rois ("Auguste de Candolle") →	burialPlaceOf
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle ("de Candolle") →	familyName
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu →	influenced