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

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

, epigraphist,

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and

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

from

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

. He studied law in

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, during which time, he developed a passion for botany. He was a friend and collaborator to Scipio Maffei, 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'' (family Petiveriaceae, Loefl., 1758) commemorates his name, as do the botanical species ''Ranunculus seguieri'' ( Vill., 1779), ''Euphorbia seguieriana'' ( Neck., 1770), and '' Dianthus seguieri'' ( Vill., 1779).

Published works

His written works include a detailed description of the flora in the vicinity of Verona, 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. Séguier's Bibliotheca botanica includes Ovidio Montalbani's ''Bibliotheca botanica'' as an appendix. * * * * ''Dissertation sur l'ancienne inscription de la Maison-carrée de Nismes'', 1759 – Dissertation on the ancient inscriptions of the Maison Carrée 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