Édouard Spach (23 November 1801 – 18 May 1879) 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 ...

. The son of a merchant in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...

, in 1824 he went to Paris, where he studied botany with

René Desfontaines René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminin ...

(1750–1831) and

Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( , ; ; 26 August 17438 May 1794),
CNRS (

Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854). When de Mirbel became a professor at the

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(National Museum of Natural History), he followed him and remained at the museum for the remainder of his career. He published many monographs, including ''Histoire naturelle des végétaux. Phanérogames'' ("Natural history of plants: Spermatophytes"; fourteen volumes and an atlas, Roret, Paris, 1834–1848), and with

Hippolyte François Jaubert Count Hippolyte François Jaubert (28 October 1798 – 5 December 1874) was a French politician and botanist. Jaubert was born in Paris, the son of François Hippolyte Jaubert (a commissioner of the French Navy, killed at the Battle of the Ni ...

(1798–1874), ''Illustrationes plantarum orientalium'' ("Illustrations of plants of the East"; five volumes, Roret, Paris, 1842–1857). The genus ''Spachea'' was named after him by Adrien-Henri de JussieuBHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications (now considered synonymous with ''

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'').

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spach, Edouard 19th-century French botanists 1801 births 1879 deaths Scientists from Strasbourg