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Born July 6, 1686 • Lyon • France
Died April 12, 1758 (aged 71) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members brother Joseph de Jussieu • brother Bernard de Jussieu
André Michaux
French botanist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Brown, Robert
Robert Brown
Scottish botanist
David Fairchild
David Fairchild
American botanist
Thomas Nuttall, engraving by Thomson, 1825, after a drawing by W. Derby
Thomas Nuttall
British naturalist
John Bartram
American naturalist
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
American botanist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
French botanist
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
French botanist and physician
Adanson, Michel
Michel Adanson
French botanist
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu.
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu
French botanist
Mirbel, Charles-François Brisseau de
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel
French botanist
Bernard de Jussieu, detail from an engraving
Bernard de Jussieu
French botanist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
botanist
Frederic Edward Clements
American botanist, taxonomist, and ecologist
Sloane, detail of an oil painting by S. Slaughter, 1736; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet
British physician

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