François Marie Louis Corbière (10 May 1850, Champsecret – 3 January 1941,
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a former Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French departments of France, department of Manche. It was merged into the com ...
) was a French
botanist
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and
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...
.
He worked as a school teacher in the town of
Sées
Sées () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It is classed as a Petite Cité de Caractère.
Geography
The commune is spread over an area of with a maximum altitude of and minimum of
It lies on the river Orne fr ...
, followed by similar duties in
Argentan
Argentan () is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France. As of 2019, Argentan is the third largest municipality by population in the Orne department.
(1869). In 1882 he became a professor of sciences at the lycée in
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a former Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French departments of France, department of Manche. It was merged into the com ...
. Here he worked as a conservator at the city's natural history museum and as scientific director of the ''Parc Emmanuel-Liais''.Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
In 1907 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 ...
'', and for a period of time, served as president of the ''Société d'horticulture de Cherbourg''. He was also a member of the ''Société des sciences naturelles de Cherbourg'' and the ''Société linnéenne de Normandie''.
Principal works
* ''Muscinées du département de la Manche'', 1889 –
Moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
es native to the department of
Manche
Manche (, ; Norman language, Norman: ) is a coastal Departments of France, French ''département'' in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as , literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by ...
* ''Nouvelle flore de Normandie contenant la description des plantes qui croissent spontanément ou sont cultivées en grand dans les départements de La Seine-Inférieure, L'Eure, le Calvados, L'Orne & La Manche'', 1893 – New flora of
Normandy
Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
containing descriptions of native plants and those cultivated on a large-scale in the departments of
Seine-Inférieure
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...
,
Eure
Eure ( ; ; or ) is a department in the administrative region of Normandy, northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2021, Eure had a population of 598,934.Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples and/or pears.
History In France
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Norman distillation was ma ...
,
Orne
Orne (; or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.Var
* ''Champignons de la Manche'', 1929 – Mushrooms native to Manche.OCLC Classify publications