Philippe Gény (1809–75)

French horticulturist, botanist, and geologist. Apprentice nurseryman in Paris from the age of 18. Studied botany and geology at the Jardin des plantes, but moved to Nice for his health and founded a nursery and seed business there. Director, botanic garden of the lycée, and of public promenades, Nice, 1848. Created several gardens between 1852 and 1872. Collected rare plants, minerals, and fossils.