Robert Hippolyte Chodat (4 June 1865, Moutier – 28 April 1934) was a Swiss

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and phycologist who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at the University of Geneva. He studied medicine and botany at Geneva, where he was later a lecturer of

pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

. In 1889 he attained the title of associate professor, two years later becoming a full professor of medical and pharmaceutical botany. From 1900 onward, he taught classes in general and systematic botany. In 1908 he was appointed

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at the University of Geneva. Chodat was a leading authority of the botanical family Polygalaceae. In 1914, with

Emil Hassler Emil Hassler (20 June 1864 – 4 November 1937) (French:, Spanish: ) was a Swiss physician, ethnographer, naturalist and botanist well known for his collections and contributions to the description of the flora and culture of Paraguay. Hassl ...

(1864–1937), he collected plants in Región Oriental of Paraguay. He was made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1909. He was winner of the 1933

Linnean Medal The Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or (as has been common since 1958) to one of each in the same year. The medal was of gold until 1976, and ...

Selected publications

* ''Monographia Polygalacearum'', vol.1 1891, vol.2 1893. * 1898–1907 : ''Plantae Hasslerianae'' (with

).RAMELLA, L. & P. PERRET (2003b). Editores, autores y autoridades en la obra Plantae Hasslerianae de R. Chodat & E. Hassler. ''Candollea'' 58: 407-427. * ''Etude Critique et Experimentale sur le Polymorphisme des Algues'', 1909. * ''La Végétation du Paraguay. Résultats Scientifiques d'une Mission Botanique Suisse au Paraguay'', (with

Wilhelm Vischer Wilhelm Eduard Vischer (30 April 1895 in Davos – 27 November 1988 in Montpellier) was a Swiss pastor, theologian, Hebraist, Old Testament scholar and amateur Lied lyricist. One of his major areas of study was that of Christ in the Old Tes ...

1890–1960). * ''La biologie des plantes: Les plantes aquatiques'', 1917.

References

* ''Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Spanish Wikipedia.''
Robert Chodat, Dictionnaire Historique Suisse (DHS)

HUH- Index of Botanical Publications

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19th-century Swiss botanists Swiss pharmacists Phycologists Academic staff of the University of Geneva Members of the French Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Legion of Honour Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences 1865 births 1934 deaths 20th-century Swiss botanists {{Switzerland-botanist-stub