Joseph-Marie-Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1917), generally known as Philippe de Vilmorin, was a noted French botanist and plant collector, and a member of the celebrated Vilmorin family of

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. In 1903 Vilmorin began the

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, an arboretum located in

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, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. He also collected plants in

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and Sudan that now form part of the herbarium of the

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. He took a keen interest in flower gardening, and was responsible for three important publications of the firm: ''Les Fleurs de Pleine Terre,'' ''Le Manuel de Floriculture,'' and the ''Hortus Vilmorinianus''. One of Philippe de Vilmorin's great services to genetics was the organization of the Fourth International Conference on Genetics, held in Paris, September 18–23, 1911. During

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, as a reserve officer in the French Army, Vilmorin was for a time attached to the Anglo-Indian Army in France as an interpreter, and later was a French Purchasing Agent in London.''Journal of Heredity''. (1917). 8 (8): 355–356.

Personal life

Philippe Vilmorin married Mélanie Gaufridy de Dortan; they raised six children: *

Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec Marie Pierre "Mapie" de Toulouse-Lautrec (1901–1972) was a French journalist and food writer, born Marie Pierre Adélaïde Lévêque de Vilmorin in Verrières-le-Buisson, scion of the Vilmorin seed company. Her horticulturalist father was Joseph ...

(1901–1972) *

Louise de Vilmorin Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

(1902–1969) * Henry de Vilmorin (1903–1961) *

Olivier de Vilmorin Joseph-Marie-Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1917), generally known as Philippe de Vilmorin, was a noted French botanist and plant collector, and a member of the celebrated Vilmorin family of horticulturists. In 1903 Vilmo ...

(1904–1962) *

Roger de Vilmorin Joseph-Marie-Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1917), generally known as Philippe de Vilmorin, was a noted French botanist and plant collector, and a member of the celebrated Vilmorin family of horticulturists. In 1903 Vilmo ...

(1905–1980), fathered by Alfonso XIII of Spain but recognized by Philippe. *

André de Vilmorin Joseph-Marie-Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1917), generally known as Philippe de Vilmorin, was a noted French botanist and plant collector, and a member of the celebrated Vilmorin family of horticulturists. In 1903 Vilmo ...

(1907–1987)Louise de Vilmorin, la machine à plaire
''created'' 21-03-2008

Death

Philippe de Vilmorin died on 29 June 1917 aged 45. He had been ill in southern France for some months, exhausted by his missions between Paris and London.

Selected works

* Vilmorin, Philippe Lévêque de, ''Hortus Vilmorianus, catalogue des plantes ligneuses et herbacées existant en 1905 dans les collections de Vilmorin et dans les cultures de Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie à Verrieres le Buisson'', Verrières, 1906.

References

Aluka entry

Wikispecies entry

Dompierre-les-Ormes bulletin, 2006

National Botanic Garden of Belgium: Herbarium
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