Jean-Pierre-Etienne Vaucher (1763–1841)

Swiss botanist and clergyman. Parish priest, Geneva, 1797–1822. Honorary professor of botany, Geneva University, 1798–1807; of ecclesiastical history, 1807–39; rector, 1818–21. Founding member of the Société de physique et d’histoire naturelle de Genève. Wrote extensively on plant physiology.