Jean-François Séguier (; 25 November 1703 – 1 September 1784) was a French archaeologist,

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and botanist from Nîmes. He studied law in Montpellier, during which time, he developed a passion for botany. He was a friend and collaborator to

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, with whom he took an extended scientific tour throughout Europe (1732–36). In 1755 he became a member of the Académie de Nîmes, serving as its ''secrétaire perpétuel'' from 1765 to 1784. In 1772 he became a member of the Académie royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. The plant genus ''

Seguieria ''Seguieria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Petiveriaceae. Its native range is southern America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (northern, north-east, southern, south-east and west-central), Colombia, Costa Ric ...

'' (family

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, Loefl., 1758) commemorates his name, as do the botanical species ''Ranunculus seguieri'' (

Vill. Dominique Villars or Villar (born 14 November 1745 in Le Villard, part of the commune of Le Noyer, Hautes-Alpes, and died on 26 June 1814 in Strasbourg) was an 18th-century French botanist. His main work is ''Histoire des plantes du Dauphiné'' pub ...

, 1779), ''Euphorbia seguieriana'' ( Neck., 1770), and '' Dianthus seguieri'' (

, 1779).

Published works

Séguier, Jean François – Plantae veronenses, 1745 – BEIC 6856085

His written works include a detailed description of the flora in the vicinity of

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, titled ' (3 volumes 1745–54). Other noted works associated with Séguier are: * ''Bibliotheca botanica, sive, Catalogus auctorum et librorum omnium qui de re botanica, de medicamentis ex vegetabilibus paratis, de re rustica, & de horticultura tractant'', 1740. * * * * ''Dissertation sur l'ancienne inscription de la Maison-carrée de Nismes'', 1759 – Dissertation on the ancient inscriptions of the

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in Nîmes. * ''Jean-François Séguier, Pierre Baux, lettres : 1733-1756''.Most widely held works by Jean-François Séguier
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1703 births 1784 deaths People from Nîmes French archaeologists French epigraphers 18th-century French astronomers 18th-century French botanists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres {{france-astronomer-stub