Jean Massart (7 March 1865 in

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– 16 August 1925) was a Belgian

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Biography

In 1894 he earned his PhD from the University of Brussels, where later in his career he worked as a professor. From 1902 to 1906 he was curator of the '' Jardin botanique de l'État'' in Brussels. In this role he developed new planting designs that were based on

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and

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.Massart, Jean (1865-1925)
JSTOR Global Plants In 1894/95 he collected botanical specimens in

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, and in 1922/23, he was in charge of an expedition to

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. He is remembered for his phytogeographical investigations of Belgium, which he published in the highly regarded ''Esquisse de la géographie botanique de la Belgique'' (1910). He was also at the forefront of

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concerns in his home country. Today, the ''Jardin botanique Jean Massart'' at Brussels commemorates his name.

Taxa

* ''Massartia'', a fungus genus circumscribed by

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in 1897; (order

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). * ''Massartina''; plant genus circumscribed by

René Maire René Charles Joseph Ernest Maire (; 29 May 1878, Lons-le-Saunier – 24 November 1949) was a French botanist and mycologist. His major work was the ''Flore de l'Afrique du Nord'' in 16 volumes published posthumously in 1953. He collected plants ...

in 1925; (family

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Selected works

* ''L'évolution régressive en biologie et en sociologie'', 1897, with Jean Demoor and

Emile Vandervelde Emile Vandervelde (25 January 1866 – 27 December 1938) was a Belgium, Belgian socialist politician. Nicknamed "the boss" (''le patron''), Vandervelde was a leading figure in the Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP) and in international socialism. C ...

, later translated into English by Mrs. Chalmers Mitchell and published as "Evolution by atrophy in biology and sociology" (1899). * ''Recueil de l'Institut botanique Léo Errera'', 1902 – Collections at the botanical institute of Leo Errera. * ''Un jardin botanique pour les écoles moyennes'', 1902 – A botanical garden for middle schools. * ''Essai de géographie botanique des districts littoraux et alluviaux de la Belgique'', 1908 – Essay on phytogeography of the littoral and alluvial districts of Belgium. * ''Esquisse de la géographie botanique de la Belgique'', 1910 – Outline of Belgian phytogeography. * ''Nos arbres'', 1911 – Our trees.HathiTrust Digital Library
(publications)

References

External links

IDREF.fr
Extensive bibliography of Massart.
Recollecting landscapes: Re-photography of photographs taken by Jean Massart
{{DEFAULTSORT:Massart, Jean 1865 births 1925 deaths People from Etterbeek 19th-century Belgian botanists Phytogeographers 20th-century Belgian botanists