About Olivier Jules Richard
Lived 1836 – 1896 (aged 59–60). Olivier Jules Richard was a French botanist, lichenologist and mycologist.
Olivier Jules Richard (22 March 1836 – 7 January 1896) was a French botanist, mycologist and lichenologist who published on the anatomy and symbiosis of lichens.
A native of La Mothe-Saint-Héray, he studied law in Paris. He later served as procureur de république (prosecutor) in Marennes (1873–76), La Roche-sur-Yon (1876–85) and Poitiers (1885–91). In 1890 he became a member of the Société botanique de France.
He was an outspoken opponent of Simon Schwendener's theory of lichenization.
Books 1877. Catalogue des lichens des Deux-Sèvres. L. Clouzot. 50 pp. 1881. De la Culture, au point de vue ornemental, des plantes indigènes de la Vendée et des départements voisins. de L. Gasté. 99 pp. 1883. Étude sur les substratums des Lichens. L. Clouzot, 87 pp. 1884. L'autonomie des lichens: ou, Réfutation du Schwendenérisme. Lechevalier. 59 pp. 1884. Instructions pratiques pour la formation et la conservation d'un herbier de lichens. Lechevalier. 44 pp. 1888. Florule des clochers et des toitures des églises de Poitiers (Vienne). Lechevalier. 50 pp.
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French lichenologist (1836-1896)
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Olivier Jules Richard was born in 1836 in La Mothe-Saint-Héray.
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Olivier Jules Richard died in 1896.
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Olivier Jules Richard was a botanist, lichenologist and mycologist.
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