Jean Baptiste Saint-Lager
1825–1912
French physician, botanist, and botanical historian. Qualified in medicine, Lyon School of Medicine, 1847; MD, Paris, 1850. After practising for twelve years in Lyon, he devoted himself to research on medical and botanical topics. Founding member of the Société botanique de Lyon, 1872; librarian, 1881–1911. Published on vascular plants of the Rhône valley, and the history of botanical collecting and nomenclature.
Sources
Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=1182 (accessed 20 October 2015)
JSTOR Global Plants, http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000007320 (accessed 20 October 2015)
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