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Jean Charles Marie Grenier

1808 – 1875

French botanist

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Lived 1808 – 1875 (aged 67). Jean Charles Marie Grenier was a French botanist, botanical collector, scientific collector and university teacher.

Jean Charles Marie Grenier (; 1808–1875) was a French botanist and naturalist who was a professor to the Faculty of Sciences at Besançon.

In 1836 he received his doctorate in medicine, followed by his degree in sciences in 1844. At Besançon, he taught classes in natural history, zoology and botany, being appointed doyen of the school in 1869.

Grenier is credited with the description of hundreds of botanical species, many of them in collaboration with Dominique Alexandre Godron (1807–1880), a professor of natural history at Nancy. With Prof. Godron he published a three-volume work on French flora called Flore de France (1848–1856). Grenier was also author of Flore de la châine jurassique (Flora of the Jura Mountain chain) (1865–69).

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French botanist (1808-1875)

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Jean Charles Marie Grenier was born on 4 November 1808 in Besançon.

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Jean Charles Marie Grenier died on 9 November 1875 in Besançon.

What was Jean Charles Marie Grenier's occupation?

Jean Charles Marie Grenier was a botanist, botanical collector, scientific collector and university teacher.

What nationality was Jean Charles Marie Grenier?

Jean Charles Marie Grenier was French.

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