Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ( 1748 - 1836 )

Birth: Lyon, France (12 April 1748) Death: Paris, France (17 September 1836) Research Field: Botany Education: Doctorate, Paris (1770) Career: Deputy to L G Le Monnier, at Jardin du Roi; interested in plant classification and published "Genera plantarum" (1789); held a civil post in municipal government during the French Revoltuion; Professor of Botany when Jardin du Roi was made Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1793); set up herbarium there; Director of the Museum (1800); resigned (1826) Memberships: Member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 29/01/1829.