Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at an herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he went on to document hundreds of plant families and create a new natural plant classification system. Although de Candolle's main focus was botany, he also contributed to related fields such as phytogeography, agronomy, paleontology, medical botany, and economic botany.

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

February 4th, 1778

Age

248

Birth Place

Switzerland, Canton of Geneva

Date of Death

September 9th, 1841

Died Aged