Jacques Huber (13 October 1867
Schleitheim – 18 February 1914
Belém
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) was a
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ian
botanist
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who did pioneering work on the flora of the
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from 1895 until his death. He created and organized the herbarium and arboretum in
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...
, Brazil, and was director of the
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi from 1907 until he died.
Works
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''(Vol. 1)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''(Vol.2)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''(Vol.5)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''(Vol.6)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''(Vol.7)
References
External links
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências HumanasJacques Huber and the Amazonian Botany
1867 births
1914 deaths
19th-century Swiss botanists
Expatriate academics in Brazil
20th-century Brazilian botanists
Swiss emigrants to Brazil
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