Maxime Cornu

Marie Maxime Cornu (July 16, 1843, in Orléans – April 3, 1901 in Paris) was a French botanist and mycologist. He was a younger brother of physicist Alfred Cornu (1841–1902).

He studied at the École normale supérieure, and in 1872 received his doctorate in natural sciences. He served as aide-naturaliste at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where from 1876 he worked as a lecturer of botany. From 1883 to 1901 he was chair of horticulture at the museum. In 1897 he was named president of the Société botanique de France. in Paris.

Selected publications Monographie des Saprolégniées 1872 – Monograph on Saprolegniaceae. Études sur la nouvelle maladie de la vigne, 1875 – Studies on a new disease of the vine. Études sur le phylloxera vastatrix, 1878 – Studies on Phylloxera vastatrix.