Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher
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Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher (17 April 1763 – 5 or 6 January 1841) was a Swiss
He studied theology at Geneva, and from 1795 to 1821 was a pastor at the Church of Saint-Gervais. From 1808 to 1840 he was a professor of church history at the University of Geneva, and for a number of years he also taught classes in botany. Among his better-known students were botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841), scientist Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (1767-1823) and Charles-Albert (1798-1849), the future King of Sardinia.
Vaucher is remembered for his research involving the developmental history of
He is honoured in the name of 2 genera of yellow-green algae, Vaucheria,[2] named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1801.[3] As well as Vaucheriella, published by François Benjamin Gaillon in 1833.[4]
Selected publications
- Histoire des conferves d'eau douce (1803)
- Histoire physiologique des plantes de l'Europe, 4 volumes (1804)
- Mémoire sur les seiches du lac de Genève (1805)
- Monographie des orobanches (1827)
- Souvenir d'un Pasteur Genevois, ou recueil de sermons (1842)
References
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- ^ Page:History of botany (Sachs; Garnsey).djvu/227 The Influence of the History of Development.
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2013). "AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication". National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Vaucheriella Gaillon". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Vaucher.
- Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
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