Aimé Jacques Alexandre (Aimé) Bonpland
1773–1858
French physician, traveller, and botanist. Accompanied Alexander von Humboldt on his South American travels, 1799–1804. Curator of the garden at the royal château of Malmaison, 1809. Returned to South America in 1817.
Sources
DBF
EB.
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–.
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
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