Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon
Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon | |
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| Born | 25 August 1792 |
| Died | 25 April 1862(aged 69) |
| Occupation | Swiss botanist |
Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon(25 August 1792 – 25 April 1862) was a Swiss physician andbotanistknown for his investigations of the plant genusCassia.[1]He was the son ofpharmacistand amateur botanist Jean-Antoine Colladon (1755–1830).
He studied medicine at theUniversity of Montpellier,where one of his instructors was botanistAugustin Pyramus de Candolle.After graduation, he started a medical practice inParis.As a physician, he distinguished himself in the treatment ofcholerapatients during the epidemic of 1832.[2]
Among his written works was a monograph onCassiatitled "Histoire naturelle et médicale des casses, et particulièrement de la casse et des sénés employés en médecine"(1816) and a tale involving descent in adiving bellthat was published in English as "Narrative of a descent in the diving-bell, &c. &c." (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Constable, 1821).[2][3]In 1830 the plant genusColladoniawas named in his honor by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[4]
References
[edit]- ^IPNIList of taxa described and co-described by Colladon.
- ^abGoogle BooksMémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Volume 16
- ^WorldCat Searchpublications
- ^BHLTaxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^International Plant Names Index.Collad.
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