Louis-Ovide Brunet
Louis-Ovide Brunet | |
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Born | Quebec City, Lower Canada | 10 March 1826
Died | 2 October 1876 Quebec City, Quebec | (aged 50)
Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | priest, botanist |
Louis-Ovide Brunet (10 March 1826 – 2 October 1876) was a
botany.Brunet was born in
Léon Provancher
. In 1870 he published his first major botanical work, Éléments de botanique et de physiologie végétale, suivis d’une petite flore simple et facile pour aider à découvrir les noms des plantes les plus communes au Canada. Nevertheless, success eluded him, and with his health failing, he retired at age 44 to the home of his mother and sister. He died in Quebec City on 2 October 1876.
See also
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
References