Ernest Henry Tourlet (1843, in

Chinon Chinon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginning in the late 15th and early 16th centuri ...

– 1907) was a French

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist (Commonwealth English) or a druggist (North American and, archaically, Commonwealth English), is a healthcare professional who prepares, controls and distributes medicines and provides advice and instructi ...

and amateur

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. He studied pharmacy, natural sciences and

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in Paris, afterwards returning to his hometown of Chinon, where in 1868 he succeeded his father at the local pharmacy. Up until his death his in 1907, he collected plants throughout the department of

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...

. He is credited with creating the most important

herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...

in Indre-et-Loire (11,000 sheets of specimens showcasing 1530 species). He published many of his findings in the ''Bulletin de la Société botanique de France''. His "''Catalogue raisonné des plantes vasculaires du département d'Indre-et-Loire''" was unfinished at the time of his death. In 1866 he became an associate member of the

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. The

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...

species ''Carex tourletii'' Gillot ex Tourlet (synonym ''Carex muelleriana'') is named after him.

Selected works

* ''Contribution à l'histoire de l'imprimerie à Loudun et à Chatellerault'', 1900 – Contribution to the history of printing in

Loudun Loudun (; ; Poitevin dialect, Poitevin: ''Loudin'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Vienne Departments of France, department and the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France. It is located south of the town of Chin ...

and

Châtellerault Châtellerault (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Châteulrô/Chateleràud''; oc, Chastelairaud) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France. It is located in the northeast of the former province Poitou, and the re ...

. * ''Notice biographique sur François-Pierre Chaumeton (1775-1819)'', 1904 – Biographical notice on

François-Pierre Chaumeton François-Pierre Chaumeton (20 September 1775 in Chouzé-sur-Loire – 10 August 1819 in Paris) was a French botanist and physician. He studied medicine, humanities and languages (particularly Greek) in Paris, afterwards serving as a surgeon in mi ...

. * ''Histoire du collège de Chinon'', 1905 – History of the college at Chinon. * ''Documents pour servir à l'histoire de la botanique en Touraine'', 1905 – Documents utilized for the history of botany in

Touraine Touraine (; ) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, :Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vie ...

. * ''Catalogue raisonné des plantes vasculaires du département d'Indre-et-Loire'' (with Pierre Louis Jean Ivolas), 1908 –

Catalogue raisonné A ''catalogue raisonné'' (or critical catalogue) is a comprehensive, annotated listing of all the known artworks by an artist either in a particular medium or all media. The works are described in such a way that they may be reliably identified ...

vascular plant Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They al ...

s in the department of Indre-et-Loire.Google Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tourlet, Ernest Henry 1843 births 1907 deaths People from Chinon 19th-century French botanists French pharmacists