Jean Baptiste Georges Marie Bory de Saint-Vincent
1778–1846
French army officer and naturalist. Leader of several botanical collecting expeditions. Zoogeographer with a particular interest in the faunas of islands. Editor of the Dictionnaire classique d’histoire naturelle, 1822–31.
Sources
DBF
DSB.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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