Jules Émile Planchon
1823–88
French botanist. Herbarium assistant, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1844–8. Professor of botany, Institute of Horticulture, Ghent, Belgium, 1849–51. Professor, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nancy, 1851–3. Professor of botany, Faculty of Sciences, Montpellier, 1853–81; director of the School of Pharmacy, 1856. Became professor of botany in the Faculty of Medicine and director of the botanic garden, Montpellier, in 1881.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
Grande encyclopédie
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
Grande encyclopédie: La grande encyclopédie inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts. Edited by F. Camille Dreyfus et al. 31 vols. Paris: H. Lamirault; Société Anonyme de la Grande Encyclopédie. [1886–1902.]
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