Matthieu Bonafous
Matthieu Bonafous | |
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| File:Bonafous, Matthieu.jpg Matthieu Bonafous in 1857 | |
| Born | March 7, 1793 Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Died | March 23, 1852 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Botanist |
Matthieu Bonafous (7 March 1793 – 22 March 1852) was a French botanist born in Lyon.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Matthieu Bonafous was born on March 7, 1793, in Lyon, France.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Bonafous wrote Histoire Naturelle, Agricole et Économique du Mäis, a monograph about maize, in 1836.[2][3] In it, he showed that corn was able to adapt to hostile weather conditions.[4] For example, it could grow in sand (as in New Jersey), in humid climate (like Colombia) or in cold weather (like the Apennine Mountains).[4]
He also wrote about mulberry trees and their use for raising silkworms in De la culture des Mûriers (1822) and Traité de l'éducation des Vers à Soie et de la culture du Mûrier (1840).[5]
The plant Bonafousia was named after him.[6]
Death
[edit | edit source]He died on March 23, 1852.[2]
Other works
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References
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- ^ a b Betty Harper Fussell, The Story of Corn, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1992, p. 92 [1]
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- ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, CRC Press, 1999, Volume 1, p. 324 [2]
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