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Pierre Louis Jean Ivolas
Pierre Louis Jean Ivolas (7 April 1842, in Sète – 29 June 1908, in Tours) was a French naturalist. A professor at the Lycée Descartes in Tours, he is remembered for geological studies of central France and botanical investigations of Indre-et-Loire. He was a good friend of the botanist Ernest Henry Tourlet — Ivolas took over the completion of ''Catalogue raisonné des plantes vasculaires du département d'Indre-et-Loire'' following the death of Tourlet in 1907. In 1879 he became a member of the Société Botanique de France. His herbarium is kept at the Herbarium of Montpellier University. Publications * Contribution à l'étude paléontologique des faluns de la Touraine, 1900 (with A. Peyrot) – Contribution to the paleontological study of the faluns of Touraine. * ''Les jardins alpins; description, ressources, etc., de ceux actuellement connus en Europe'', 1908 – Alpine gardens An alpine garden (or alpinarium, alpinum) is a domestic or botanical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sète
Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises'' (female) in French, "Setòris" and "Setòria" in Occitan. Known as the ''Venice of Languedoc'' and the ''singular island'' (in Paul Valéry's words), it is a port and a seaside resort on the Mediterranean with its own very strong cultural identity, traditions, cuisine and dialect. It is the hometown of such artists as Paul Valéry, Jean Vilar, Georges Brassens, Hervé Di Rosa, Manitas de Plata, and Robert Combas. Since 2001, François Commeinhes is the mayor of the city. Geography Built upon and around Mont St Clair, Sète is situated on the south-eastern end of the Étang de Thau, an enclosed salt water lake used primarily for oyster and mussel fields. To its other side lies the Mediterranean, and the town has a network of canals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
