Bernard de Jussieu

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Bernard de Jussieu
Natural History

Bernard de Jussieu (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒysjø]; 17 August 1699 – 6 November 1777) was a French naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu.

Bernard de Jussieu was born in

Jardin des Plantes.[2] In 1725 he brought out a new edition of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris, 2 vols., which was afterwards translated into English by John Martyn, the original work being incomplete. In the same year he was admitted into the French Academy of Sciences, and communicated several papers to that body.[3]

The "Pavillon de Jussieu" near Grand Trianon, now occupied by the Palace of Versailles Research Centre, was not de Jussieu's house, but was probably his residence when he was hosted by Claude and Antoine Richard, the gardeners in chief.

Long before

L. G. Lemonnier to assume the higher position.[3]

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1749.

The standard

plants
described by de Jussieu.

References

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  3. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jussieu, De, s.v. Bernard de Jussieu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 593–594.