Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (29 December 1799,

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– 23 June 1877,

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) was a French naturalist. In 1842, Le Maout qualified as a

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at the

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, where he became a demonstrator of

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in the Faculty of Medicine. Later he gave private lessons in

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and natural history. He was decorated with the

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in 1869. in 1854, botanist

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published ''

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'' which is a

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of shrubs or small trees in the nettle family (

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and named in his honour.

Works

*''Le Jardin des Plantes'' (1842, 2 vol. in-8), with

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(1810–1885) and Pierre Bernard (1810–1876). *''Cahiers de physique, de chimie et d'histoire naturelle'' (1841, in-4) *''Leçons analytiques de lecture à haute voix'' (1842, in-8; nouvelle édition, 1856) *''Leçons élémentaires de botanique, précédées d'un Spécimen, en 1843'' (2 part, avec 500 gravures, 1845, 3e édition, 1867) *''Atlas élémentaire de botanique'' (1848, 1684 fig.), avec texte en regard *''Les Mammifères et les Oiseaux'' (1851–1854, 2 vol. gr. in-8, illustrés), belle publication d'où l'éditeur a tiré ses principaux envois à l'Exposition universelle de 1855 *''Flore élémentaire des jardins et des champs'' (1855, in-18, 2e édition, 1865) *''Traité général de botanique'' (1867, in-4, 5 500 figures) avec

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(1807–1882). English edition 1873. *''Les Trois Règnes de la Nature Tournefort Linné Jussieu'' (Curmer, 1851).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Maout, Emmanuel 1799 births 1877 deaths People from Guingamp French ornithologists 19th-century French botanists Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur