Frédéric-Louis Allamand (February 5, 1736, Payerne,

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– March 3, 1809,

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) was a Swiss botanist. Born in Payerne, Switzerland, he moved to

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in 1749 to live with his uncle,

Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand ( nl, Johannes Nicolaas Sebastiaan Allamand) (18 October 1716, or according to others, 18 September 1713 – 2 March 1787) was a Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher. Life He was ...

(1713–1787), a professor in philosophy and mathematics at Leiden University, well known naturalist, member of the

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and correspondent of

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. Frédéric started to study literature at the university of Leiden, however later changed to study medicine. In 1760 he joined the Dutch marine as a ship's doctor. During his time at the marine he visited among other places Suriname and Guyana. In 1769, he married Adriana van Guericke in

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. Algemeen Nederlandsch Familienblad. volume 13. page 248. 1900. Afterwards he became doctor at Catherine the Great's court in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1793 he returned to Leiden to work at the university. He was a correspondent of

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, and described several plant genera himself. The genus '' Allamanda'' is named in his honor.

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