Charles Eugène Bertrand (2 January 1851, in Paris – 18 August 1917) was a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

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 ...

, paleobotanist and geologist. He is remembered for his research involving the formation of coal. He studied sciences in Paris, where he had as influences botanist Joseph Decaisne and

plant physiologist Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Closely related fields include plant morphology (structure of plants), plant ecology (interactions with the environment), phytochemistry (bio ...

Pierre Paul Deherain. In 1874 he obtained his doctorate in sciences, and was later appointed professor of botany at the

University of Lille The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the m ...

(1878). From 1881 to 1887, he was head of the ''Archives botaniques du nord de la France''. In 1878 he became a member of the

Société botanique de France The Société botanique de France (SBF) is a French learned society founded on 23 April 1854. At its inaugural meeting it stated its purpose as "to contribute to the progress of botany and related sciences and to facilitate, by all means at its di ...

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Sociétés savantes He was the father of botanist Paul Charles Édouard Bertrand (1879-1944).

Partial list of publications

* ''Anatomie comparée des tiges et des feuilles chez les gnétacies et chez les conifères'', 1874 -

Comparative anatomy Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. It is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny (the evolution of species). The science began in the classical era, continuing in t ...

of the stems and leaves of Gnetaceae with

conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...

s. * ''Traité de botanique à l'usage des aspirants au grade de licencié ès sciences naturelles et au grade d'agrégé des lycées pour les sciences naturelles'', 1881. * ''Recherches sur les tmésiptéridées'', 1883 - Research of Tmesipteridaceae. * ''Nouvelles remarques sur le Kerosene shale de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud'', 1895 - New remarks on kerosene shale of New South Wales. * ''Les charbons humiques et les charbons de purins'', 1898 - Humic coal, etc.IDREF.fr
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20th-century French geologists French paleontologists 1851 births 1917 deaths Paleobotanists Academic staff of the Lille University of Science and Technology Scientists from Paris 19th-century French botanists 20th-century French botanists 19th-century French geologists {{France-scientist-stub