François Pellegrin

François Pellegrin (born 25 September 1881 in Paris's 6e arrondissement,[1][2] and died on 9 April 1965 in the Hôpital Bichat in the 18e arrondissement)[3] was a French botanist, who specialised in the plants of tropical Africa.[4]

François Pellegrin
BornSeptember 25, 1881
Paris
6e arrondissement
DiedApril 9, 1965(1965-04-09) (aged 83)
Paris
18e arrondissement
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Pellegr.

He published some 623 plant names,[5] and has been honoured in the specific epithets of many plant species, such as, for example, Bikinia pellegrinii, Euphorbia pellegrinii, Hymenostegia pellegrinii, Polyceratocarpus pellegrinii, and Sericanthe pellegrinii.

Biography

He studied under Bureau and van Tieghem, and by 1912 had presented his thesis for his doctorate and become an assistant to Professor Paul Henri Lecomte, when war broke out in 1914. In 1914 he was gravely wounded, taken prisoner by the Germans, and after several months "returned" under the requirement to live in a neutral country. Thus, in Switzerland, at the University of Geneva and at the Botanical conservatory, under the professors Robert Hippolyte Chodat and John Isaac Briquet, he returned to his botanical research.[4]

Selected publications

References
  1. Archives de Paris 6e arrondissement, acte de naissance no2403 year 1881 (vue 8/31) (avec mention marginale de décès)
  2. Archives de Paris, registre matricule no1593, classe 1901, bureau de Paris (avec mention de la profession)
  3. Archives de Paris 18e}} arrondissement, acte de décès no1108}}, 1965, (vue 10/31)
  4. Léandri, J. (1965). "François Pellegrin (1881–1965)". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. 112 (3–4): 182–185.
  5. "Pellegrin, Francois (1881-1965) International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. IPNI.  Pellegr.
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