Jacques Bernard Hombron
French naval surgeon and naturalist
About Jacques Bernard Hombron
Lived 1798 – 1852 (aged 54). Jacques Bernard Hombron was a French explorer, ornithologist, naturalist, malacologist, surgeon and botanist.
Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Hombron served on the French voyage of the Astrolabe and Zélée between 1837 and 1840 to investigate the perimeter of Antarctica. He described a number of plants and animals with Honoré Jacquinot. Hombron served as surgeon and botanist on the Astrolabe and Honoré Jacquinot was a junior surgeon on the Zélée. A botanical account of the expedition was published in: "Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée ... Botanique / par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot"; (2 volumes 1845–1853).
In 1847 Hombron published a two-volume work on his personal and other explorers' adventures, titled: "Aventures les plus curieuses des voyageurs : coup d'oeil autour du monde".
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Who was Jacques Bernard Hombron?
French naval surgeon and naturalist
When was Jacques Bernard Hombron born?
Jacques Bernard Hombron was born on 15 April 1798 in former 6th arrondissement of Paris.
When did Jacques Bernard Hombron die?
Jacques Bernard Hombron died on 16 October 1852 in at sea.
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Jacques Bernard Hombron was an explorer, ornithologist, naturalist, malacologist, surgeon and botanist.
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Jacques Bernard Hombron was French.
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