Adrien Lemaire (23 October 1852, in

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– 23 October 1902, in Nancy) was a French

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

. He received his medical doctorate in March 1882 and his degree in

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in July 1886. In 1887 he became a professor of

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at the Lycée in Nancy, and in 1894 was appointed ''chargé de conférences'' of botany at the

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. Lemaire was a member of the ''

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''.

Published works

* ''Catalogue des Diatomées des environs de Nancy'', 1881 – Catalog of

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found in the environs of Nancy. * ''De la détermination histologique des feuilles médicinales'' 1882 – On the

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determination of medicinal leaves. * ''Recherches sur l'origine et le développement des racines latérales chez les dicotylédones'', 1886 – Research on the origin and development of

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s in

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s. * ''Sur deux nouveaux colorants applicables à l'étude des méristèmes'', 1894 – On two new applicable

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s from a study on

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(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemaire, Adrien 1852 births 1902 deaths People from Vosges (department) Academic staff of Nancy-Université 19th-century French botanists