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Jean-Baptiste de Secondat baron de La Brède (12 February 1716 – 17 June 1796) was an 18th-century French naturalist botanist, and agronomist. He was the eldest son of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, Baron de La Brède (1689–1755) and Jeanne Catherine de Lartigue (1689–1770).


Some publications


Books

* 1749: ''Considérations sur le commerce et la navigation de la Grande-Bretagne'', by Joshua Gee, translated from English


Honors


Eponimous

* (
Fagaceae The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as ever ...
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Quercus An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ...
secondatii'' Steud.Nomencl. Bot. teudel674. 1821 (IK)


References


External links


Jean Baptiste de Secondat
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Jean-Baptiste de Secondat de Montesquieu
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Biography

Éloges de Montesquieu par Jean-Baptiste de Secondat et D’Alembert

Genealogy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Secondat, Jean Baptiste de 18th-century French botanists French agronomists Montesquieu English–French translators 18th-century French historians 1716 births 1796 deaths