Jules Rossignon (also known as Julio Rossignon; ? in France – 1883) was a French professor, writer, scientific agriculturist, and international coffee grower. He produced coffee on his farm,

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, which is now a national park. Rossignon served as a professor at the

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and was a scientific director for the Belgian Colonization Company. A

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of turtle, ''

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'', is named in his honor.

Selected works

* ''Proyecto de alumbrado de gas para la ciudad de Guatemala, presentado al Sr. Corregidor e individuos de la municipalidad'' (1846) * ''Universidad de San Salvador : discurso pronunciado el 5 de diciembre 1851 para la apertura de las clases'' (1851) * ''Manual de lechería y fabricación de quesos : precedido de algunos apuntes sobre la elección de las vacas lecheras'' (1858) * ''Manual de barnices y preparación de charoles según los procederes mas recientes'' (1858) * ''Manual del cohetero y polvorista, sea Compendio de pirotecnia'' (1859) * ''Manual del Jardinero y Arbolista'' (1859) * ''Manual de aceites y jabones : ó sea extracción de los aceites y grasas, y fabricación de los jabones con base de soda y potasa'' (1859) * ''Manual del cultivo del añil y del nopal ó sea extracción del indigo, educacion y cosecha de la cochinilla, extracción de los principios colorantes de varias plantas tinctoriales'' (1859) * ''Manual del cultivo del café, cacao, vainilla y tabaco en la America española y de todas sus aplicaciones'' (1859) * ''Porvenir de la Verapaz en la República de Guatemala memoria dedicada al Consulado de Comercio de Guatemala'' (1861) * ''Memoria dedicada al Consulado de Comercio de Guatemala'' (1861) * ''Manual do Jardineiro e do arboricultor, ou Arte de compòr, dirigir e adornar toda a qualidade de jardins. De cultivar ... as flores, as hortalices ... formar latadas, aclimar as plantas exoticas na America meridional'' (1866) * ''De la caña de azúcar, del laboreo del azucar'' (1867) * ''Sociedad Económica de Amigos de Guatemala'' (1875) * ''Republica de Guatemala en Centro America. Catalogo analitico y razonado de los objetos presentados por la república de Guatemala a la exposicion universal de Paris (1878), redactado por Julio Rossignon'' (1878)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossignon, Jules Academic staff of the University of Paris 19th century in Guatemala French male non-fiction writers 1883 deaths 19th-century French historians 19th-century French male writers