Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (15 June 1746 - 18 August 1800) was an 18th century French botanist and magistrate. Born into an affluent upper-class Parisian family, connections with the French Royal Court secured him the position of Superindent of Parisian Waters and Forests at the age of twenty-six^[1]. In this capcity, L'Héritier conducted various studies of native trees and shrubs, also gaining interest in exotic flora.

[edit] References

1. ^ Erickson, Robert F. 2003, MBG Rare Books: Author - L Héritier de Brutelle, Charles Louis [Online], Available from http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/author.asp?creator=L%20H%C3%A9ritier%20de%20Brutelle,%20Charles%20Louis&creatorID=9

[edit] Further reading

• Sir Joseph Banks, 1958, The Banks Letters. A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks. Edited by Warren R. Dawson.
• James Britten and B. B. Woodward, 1905, "L’Héritier’s Botanical Works". The Journal of Botany. v. 43:266-273; 325-329.
• Günther Buchheim, "A bibliographical account of L’Héritier’s ‘Stirpes novae’." Huntia, v. 2:29-58. 1965.
• Georges Cuvier, 1819, Recueil des Éloges Historiques, v. 1:109-133.
• Théodore J. E. Hamy, 1905, Joseph Dombey, sa vie, son oeuvre, sa correspondance.
• Frans A. Stafleu, 1963, L’Héritier de Brutelle: the man and his work, Sertum Anglicum, facs. ed. xiii-xliii.
• Arthur Robert Steele, 1964, Flowers for the King.