Félix de Avellar Brotero
1744–1828
Portuguese botanist. Professor of botany and agriculture, Coimbra, 1791; director of the botanic gardens and royal museum, 1800. Director, botanic gardens, Ajuda, 1811. First botanist to describe native Portuguese plants.
Source
Grande encyclopédie.
Bibliography
Grande encyclopédie: La grande encyclopédie inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts. Edited by F. Camille Dreyfus et al. 31 vols. Paris: H. Lamirault; Société Anonyme de la Grande Encyclopédie. [1886–1902.]
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