Jacques Huber (13 October 1867

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– 18 February 1914

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) was a

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ian

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 ...

who did pioneering work on the flora of the

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from 1895 until his death. He created and organized the herbarium and arboretum in

, Brazil, and was director of the

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi The Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, commonly shortened MPEG, is a Brazilian research institution and museum located in the city of Belém, state of Pará, Brazil. It was founded in 1866 by Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna as the Pará Museum of Natur ...

from 1907 until he died.

Works

''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''
(Vol. 1)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''
(Vol.2)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''
(Vol.5)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''
(Vol.6)
''Materiaes para a flora amazonica''
(Vol.7)

References

External links

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências HumanasJacques Huber and the Amazonian Botany
1867 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Swiss botanists Expatriate academics in Brazil 20th-century Brazilian botanists Swiss emigrants to Brazil {{Switzerland-botanist-stub