Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes (15 July 1898 – 21 May 1974) was a French

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 ...

and lichenologist. He was the chair of the Botanical Department of the

University of Rennes The University of Rennes is a public research university which will be officially reconstituted on 1 January 2023 and located in the city of Rennes, in Upper Brittany, France. The University of Rennes has been divided for almost 50 years, before ...

and an expert on the

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from the Lichen Herbarium of the University of Rennes

1898 births 1974 deaths 20th-century French botanists French lichenologists University of Rennes faculty {{France-scientist-stub