Victor Fayod
Victor Fayod (23 November 1860 – 28 April 1900) was a
Biographical overview
Fayod was born on 23 November 1860 in
Fayod worked with German botanist Heinrich Anton de Bary in Strasbourg from 1881 to 1882. He then worked as a tutor. He worked in a series of biology-related jobs in Bad Cannstatt, Normandy, Nervi, the Valli Valdesi (a region of the Cottian Alps), and Genoa. He also assisted French bacteriologist André Chantemesse in Paris. After working in a dental laboratory in Paris in 1890, he decided to take on dentistry as a less precarious, alternative career and became qualified as a dental surgeon at the Paris Faculty of Medicine. However, health problems soon caused him to return to Switzerland and his illness continued until his death on 28 April 1900.[6]
Scientific achievements
Fayod learned French, German, and Italian and published scientific papers in all three languages. A bibliography of his work can be found in the reference authored by the Swiss Academy of Natural Science.[6]
He recognized the influence of Darwinism on botany and devised a new classification of
Fayod's work focused primarily on the
The genus
References
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Fayod.
- Swiss Academy of Natural Sciencesarticle, where "Salaz" is mis-spelt.
- ^ "Victor Fayod". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-515457-6.
- ^ a b Monthoux, Olivier (1986). "The year of Victor Fayod" Musées de Genève 27(261): 3–6 (in French).
- ^ Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences" ("Actes de l'Académie suisse des sciences naturelles") is also available in French. The paper includes a list of Fayod's published works.
- ^ a b "Herbier Fayod". Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques Ville de Genève. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- GallicaURL given allows download of the relevant sequence of pages through the "Télécharger" link. Fayod's approval of Darwinism is evident for instance from his introduction, including the first page (page 181).
- ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ These and other assertions related to fungus species and genera can be checked using Index Fungorum.