Jean Antoine Arthur Gris (11 December 1829 – 19 August 1872) was a French
botanist
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who was a native of
Châtillon-sur-Seine
Châtillon-sur-Seine (, ) is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department, eastern France.
The Musée du Pays Châtillonnais is housed in old abbey of Notre-Dame de Châtillon, within the town, known for its collection of pre-Roman and Roman relic ...
, in the department of
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.[Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart () Royal Society, FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botany, botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. ...]
(1801-1876) at the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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in
Paris
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. In 1859 he received his PhD with a dissertation involving microscopic studies of
chlorophyll. He was the author of 80 scientific articles, the majority of them being published in the ''
Bulletin de la Société botanique de France'' and the ''Annales des sciences naturelles''.
In 1865, Brongniart named the genus ''Grisia'' (synonym: ''
Bikkia'', family:
Rubiaceae
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) in his honor.
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
Grisia Brongn.
Jean Gris died in Paris on 19 August 1872 at the age of 42. He is buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise, 22nd division.
References
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1829 births
1872 deaths
People from Châtillon-sur-Seine
19th-century French botanists
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
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