Frédéric Bataille
Illustration — Frédéric Bataille, c. 1893 Frédéric Bataille (fʁedeʁik bataj; born 17 July 1850 in Mandeure, Franche-Comté – died 29 April 1946 in Besançon, Franche-Comté) was a French educator, poet and mycologist. From 1870 to 1884 he was a schoolteacher in the vicinity of Montbéliard, relocating as an instructor to the lycée at Vanves in 1884.
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Frédéric Bataille
Société mycologique de France: Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France, Bände 63-64, Verlag La Société, 1947, Fig. 1 · Public domain
- Born
- 1850 · Mandeure.
- Died
- 1946 · Besançon.
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- France
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- botanist · poet · mycologist · writer
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · Officier de l'Instruction publique · officier d'académie · Montyon Prize
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Frédéric Bataille, c. 1893 Frédéric Bataille (fʁedeʁik bataj; born 17 July 1850 in Mandeure, Franche-Comté – died 29 April 1946 in Besançon, Franche-Comté) was a French educator, poet and mycologist. From 1870 to 1884 he was a schoolteacher in the vicinity of Montbéliard, relocating as an instructor to the lycée at Vanves in 1884.
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Frédéric Bataille (1850–1946) was a botanist, mycologist and poet, among other activities, of French nationality. The botanist was born in Mandeure and died in Besançon. Frédéric Bataille was a member of Mycological Society of France and Société d'émulation du Doubs.
Languages used include French. Honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour, Montyon Prize and officier d'académie, among others.
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Frédéric Bataille is recorded with the occupation mycologist. Recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officier de l'Instruction publique and officier d'académie. Recognition and collections. Bataille received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officier de l'Instruction publique, officier d'académie and Montyon Prize.
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Frédéric Bataille. Scan by Havang(nl) · G.Walch, Anthologie des poètes français contemporains, vol. 1, 1920
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1850
Frédéric Bataille was born on 17 July 1850.
1946
Frédéric Bataille died on 29 April 1946.
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In 1905 he retired from teaching and settled in the city of Besançon. During his career, he was an accomplished poet, publishing books of poetry with titles such as Délassements (1873), Le Pinson de la mansarde (1875), Le clavier d'or (1884), La veille du péché (1886), Poèmes du soir (1889) and Choix de poésies (1892). Around middle-age he developed a passion for mycology, being heavily influenced by naturalist Lucien Quélet. Bataille served as vice-president of the Société mycologique de France and president of the Société d'émulation du Doubs. In mycological taxonomy, he is commemorated with the specific name of bataillei.
• Les Bolets, classification et détermination des espèces. Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs, n° 15, 30 p. (1908) – Boletes, classification and determination of species. • Champignons rares des environs de Besançon. Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs, n° 16, mai-décembre, 7 p. (1909) – Rare mushrooms in the vicinity of Besançon. • Flore analytique des morilles et des helvelles. Besançon, l'auteur, 44 p. (1911) – Analyses of Morchella and Helvella. • Les Réactions macrochimiques chez les champignons, suivies d'indications sur la morphologie des spores. Paris, P. Lechevallier, 172 p. (1948) – Macrochemical reactions involving mushrooms, etc.
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