About Nestor Léon Marchand
Lived 1833 – 1911 (aged 78). Nestor Léon Marchand was a French botanist, lichenologist and mycologist.
Nestor Léon Marchand (15 April 1833 – 16 April 1911) was a French medical doctor, pharmacist, and botanist. He is known for his studies of the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae.
He studied in Tours and Paris, subsequently earning a bachelor of science degree (1860), a doctorate in medicine (1861), a first-class license in pharmacy (1864) and a doctorate in natural sciences (1867). He later became a professor of botanical cryptogamy at the École supérieure de pharmacie in Paris. He was mayor of Thiais, France from 1881 to 1887.
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Who was Nestor Léon Marchand?
French botanist (1833-1911)
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Nestor Léon Marchand was born on 13 April 1833 in Tours.
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Nestor Léon Marchand died on 16 April 1911 in Thiais.
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Nestor Léon Marchand was a botanist, lichenologist and mycologist.
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Nestor Léon Marchand was French.
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