Alfred Moquin-Tandon
Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon (7 May 1804 – 15 April 1863) was a French naturalist and medical doctor.
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Alfred Moquin-Tandon
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- Birth Name
- Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon
- Born
- 7 May 1804
- Birthplace
- Montpellier
- Died
- 15 April 1863
- Place of death
- Paris
- Known for
- L'Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries (1835–1844)
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- entomologist, botanist, zoologist, poet, ornithologist, physiologist, malacologist and naturalist.
- Fields
- biology, botany and zoology.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French, Latin and Occitan.
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• Birth Name — Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon • Born — 7 May 1804 • Birthplace — Montpellier • Died — 15 April 1863 • Place of death — Paris • Fields — Naturalist, physician, ornithologist • Workplaces — Marseille; botanical gardens, Toulouse; Jardin des Plantes, Paris; Académie des Sciences • Known for — L'Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries (1835–1844) • Author Abbrev Bot — Moq. • Author Abbrev Zoo — Moquin-Tandon Moquin-Tandon was professor of zoology at Marseille from 1829 until 1833, when he was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical gardens at Toulouse. In 1850, he was sent by the French government to Corsica to study the island's flora. In 1853, he moved to Paris, later becoming director of the Jardin des Plantes and the Académie des Sciences. His books included the ornithology section of L'Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries (1835–44), co-authored with Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot. One of his specialities was the family Amaranthaceae (The Amaranth family). Several genera of plants have been named in his honour, including in 1838, DC. published Moquinia, a genus of flowering plants from Brazil, in the Moquinia tribe within the sunflower family. Then in 1954, Simone Balle published Moquiniella a genus of flowering plants from Africa, belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Lastly in 2013, botanists (Cabrera) G.Sancho published Moquiniastrum, a genus of flowering plants from South America, belonging to the family Asteraceae. Moquin-Tandon, Christian Horace Benedict Alfred
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1804
Alfred Moquin-Tandon born at Montpellier.
1863
Alfred Moquin-Tandon died at Paris.
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- Le Professeur Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804-1863), Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 1964
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- 1.Lettres inédites de Moquin-Tandon'.
- 2.Amédée Dechambre, 1880.
- 3.Augustin Pyrame de Candolle, Mémoires et Souvenirs (1778-1841). Réédition : Georg, Genève, 2004. .
- 4.Charles Paulus Belanger (1805-1881), botaniste français.
- 5.François-Juste-Marie Raynouard (1761-1836), philologue, membre de l'Académie française.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Pierre Cabard et Bernard Chauvet (2003). L’Étymologie des noms d’oiseaux. Belin et Éveil Nature (Paris) : 589 p. (sa notice contient l’indication erronée que Moquin-Tandon accède à une chaire du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle alors qu’il s’agit d’une chaire à la faculté de médecine).
- Benoît Dayrat (2003). Les Botanistes et la Flore de France, trois siècles de découvertes. Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle : 690 p.
- Amédée Dechambre (1880). Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales, deuxième série, tome neuvième. G. Masson (Paris).
- Jean-François Jeandillou (2001). Supercheries littéraires. La vie et l'œuvre des auteurs supposés. Genève, Droz, chap. "André Frédoli", p. 35-44. https://books.google.fr/books?id=TdirXclCI0kC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=noyer+maguelonne+jeandillou&source=bl&ots=qe0pyJ6CU4&sig=ACfU3U1DPC7sC05iaHosakct5knPJxQGmg&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH0fXfqYqGAxX7UaQEHRh9BrIQ6AF6BAgcEAM#v=onepage&q=noyer%20maguelonne%20jeandillou&f=false
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Le Professeur Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804-1863), Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 1964Crossref registry
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