Édouard Bureau
1830–1918
French botanist. Studied medicine but had a particular interest in botany. Founder of the Société botanique de France. Submitted his doctoral thesis on the Loganiaceae in 1856. Studied geology at the Sorbonne. Docteur ès sciences (thesis on the Bignoniaceae), 1858. Became interested in palaeobotany. Aide-naturaliste, 1872, and later professor of botanical classification at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle.
Source
DBF
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–.
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