Sébastien Gérardin (9 March 1751 in
Mirecourt – 17 July 1816 in
Paris
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) was a
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naturalist.
After training for the priesthood, Sébastien Gérardin became
canon of
Poussay
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Inhabitants are called ''Porsuavitains'' (from the Latin version of Poussay, ''Portus Suavis'').
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in 1790. He was passionately interested in
natural history, which he taught at l’École centrale d'
Épinal. There he assembled a
cabinet of curiosities as well as the botanical garden. He was employed by the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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in Paris from 1803.
Works
*1784 :
Lettre d'un Anglois à un François sur la découverte du magnétisme animal, et observations sur cette lettre', A. Bouillon ed.
*1805 : ''Tableau élémentaire de botanique'' (Perlet, Paris).
*1806 : ''Tableau élémentaire d'ornithologie, ou Histoire naturelle des oiseaux que l'on rencontre communément en France'' (Tourneisen fils, Paris) — 2nd ed.: 1822.
*1810 : (F. Schoell, Paris, 2 volumes).
*1817 : ''Dictionnaire raisonné de botanique publié, revu et augmenté''... par Mr
N.-A. Desvaux (Dondey-Dupré, Paris).
References
*Jaussaud, Philippe and Brygoo, Édouard R. (2004). ''Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies''. Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris : 630 p. ()
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French naturalists
French ornithologists
19th-century French botanists
People from Mirecourt
1751 births
1816 deaths
18th-century French botanists