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Gaston Bonnier

1853–1923

French botanist. Doctorate, 1879. Professor of botany, University of Paris (Sorbonne), 1887. In addition to works on French flora, systematics, biogeography, and plant physiology, he published several works on pedagogy in many areas of natural science.

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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