Prof Charles René Zeiller H FRSE (14 January 1847, in Nancy – 27 November 1915, in

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) was a French

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and

paleobotanist Paleobotany, which is also spelled as palaeobotany, is the branch of botany dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments (paleogeogr ...

Life

He studied at the

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(1865–67) and at the École nationale supérieure des mines (1867–70), where from 1878 onward, he taught classes in paleobotany. In 1911 he was appointed vice-president of the Conseil général des mines.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications In 1881 he became a member of the

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, later serving as its vice-president (1898) and president (1899 and 1904). In 1893 he was named president of the

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and from 1901 to 1915, was a member of the

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(botanical section). The paleobotanical genera ''Zeilleria'', ''Zeillerisporites'' and ''Zeilleropteris'' commemorate his name.

Selected works

* ''Végétaux fossiles du terrain houiller de la France'', 1880. * ''Notes sur la flore bouillère des Asturies'', 1882. * ''Flore fossile'' (with Bernhard Renault), 1888–89. * ''Étude sur la constitution de l'appareil fructificateur des Sphenophyllum'', 1893. * ''Éléments de paléobotanique'', 1900. * ''Flore fossile des gîtes de charbon du Tonkin'', 1902.OCLC Classify
List of published works

References

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Extensive bibliography {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeiller, Charles Rene 1847 births 1915 deaths People from Nancy, France 19th-century French botanists French paleontologists French mining engineers Paleobotanists Presidents of Société géologique de France 20th-century French botanists