Jean-Jacques De Granville
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Jean-Jacques Douzal de Granville (5 August 1943 – 13 December 2022) was a French and French Guianan
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, museum curator, and researcher. Granville specialized in the study of the
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s and other
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of
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, including four new palm species which he first described and introduced to science. He authored 271 scientific books, articles, journals and other publications, including the landmark ''Guide des Palmiers de Guyane'' (''Guide To The Palms of Guyane''), which was published in 2014. Granville also advocated for the creation of
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, which was created in 2007 after decades of advocacy.


Biography

Granville died in
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, French Guiana, on 13 December 2022, at the age of 79. He was buried in the Cabassou cemetery in
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on December 19, 2022.


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