Napoléon Doumet-Adanson (22 October 1834,

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– 31 May 1897 Château de Balaine ( Villeneuve-sur-Allier) was a French

naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

. He was a

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 ...

specialising in the flora of

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. He was a founder member of the Société d'horticulture et de botanique de l'

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. Doumet was also interested in

entomology Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. He was a Member of the

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. In 1882

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, as Minister of Public Instruction, decided to create a mission to explore the Regency of Tunisia. The expedition was headed by the botanist

Ernest Cosson Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson (22 July 1819 – 31 December 1889) was a French botanist born in Paris. Cosson is known for his botanical research in North Africa, and during his career he participated in eight trips to Algeria. In several of these ...

and included Doumet-Adanson and other naturalists. In 1884 a geological section under Georges Rolland was added to the Tunisian Scientific Exploration Mission. Rolland was assisted by

Philippe Thomas Philippe Thomas (4 May 1843 – 12 February 1910) was a French veterinarian and amateur geologist who discovered large deposits of phosphates in Tunisia. Despite the huge economic importance of his discovery, he received little recognition during ...

from 1885 and by Georges Le Mesle in 1887.

Works

*Doumet, N., 1859 Description de quatre nouvelles espèces de Lepidopteres. ''Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee'' (2)260–267. *Doumet, N., 1861 Description de Lepidopteres nouveaux. ''Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee'' (2)171–178. *Doumet, N., 1875 Note sur l'origine des chotts du sud de la Tunisie ''Revue des sciences naturelles'' *Doumet, N., 1884 ''Projet de création en Algérie et en Tunisie d'une mer dite intérieure, devant le Congrès de Blois'' Extrait du compte rendu de la 13e session de l'Association française pour l'avancement des sciences tenue à Blois en 1884 Paris : au secrétariat de l'Association, 1885 *Doumet, N., 1888 ''Rapport sur une mission botanique exécutée en 1884 dans la région saharienne, au nord des grands chotts et dans les îles de la côte orientale de la Tunisie, exploration scientifique de la Tunisie'' Paris : Impr. nationale.

References

Sources

*''Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'', 1944, p. 498–499 * * * *

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