Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Scientist

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 1656 – 28 December 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. The botanist Charles Plumier had been his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages.

Personal facts

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Birth dateJune 05, 1656
Birth place
Aix-en-Provence
Nationality
France
Date of deathDecember 28, 1708
Place of death
Paris
Known for
Genus

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Scientist

Field of study
Botany
influenced
Charles Plumier

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit-e/b06/b06cont.html
  2. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:2-23825