Michel Adanson

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Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French naturalist and taxonomist known for his influential work on plant classification and his extensive botanical explorations in Senegal.

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instanceOf French person
botanist
human
naturalist
taxonomist
approach use of multiple characters in classification
authorOf Familles des plantes
burialPlace Paris
citizenship France
collectedSpecimensIn Senegal
West Africa
countryOfBirth France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1727-04-07
dateOfDeath 1806-08-03
employer French East India Company
era 18th century
familyName Adanson
fieldOfWork botany
natural history
taxonomy
gender male
givenName Michel
influenced later systems of plant taxonomy
influencedBy Carl Linnaeus
knownFor botanical explorations in Senegal
development of an empirical classification system
plant classification
languageOfWork French
lifespan 1727–1806
memberOf French Academy of Sciences
name Michel Adanson
nationality French
notableWork Familles des plantes
placeOfBirth Aix-en-Provence
placeOfDeath Paris
proposed natural classification of plants
publicationYear 1763
residence Paris
studied mollusks
plants
workedIn Paris
Senegal

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Jardin du Roi notableEmployee Michel Adanson
Ampelopsis firstDescribedBy Michel Adanson
Adansonia namedAfter Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson name Michel Adanson