Louis Alphonse de Brébisson
Louis Alphonse de Brébisson (25 September 1798 – 26 April 1888) was a French botanist and photographer born in Falaise, Calvados. In his youth, he was interested in mineralogy and entomology, but his focus soon turned to botany. He is renowned for "Flore de la Normandie", a work on vegetation native to Normandy that was published over multiple editions.
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Louis Alphonse de Brébisson
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- Name
- Louis Alphonse de Brébisson
- Born
- 28 September 1798
- Birthplace
- Falaise
- Died
- 26 April 1888
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- botanist · bryologist · photographer · botanical collector · naturalist
- Languages
- French
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Louis Alphonse de Brébisson (25 September 1798 – 26 April 1888) was a French botanist and photographer born in Falaise, Calvados. In his youth, he was interested in mineralogy and entomology, but his focus soon turned to botany. He is renowned for "Flore de la Normandie", a work on vegetation native to Normandy that was published over multiple editions.
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He was the author of several papers on Diatomaceae and Desmidiales, and was possibly the only French scientist researching these algae groups at the time. He also conducted extensive investigations of mosses and orchids. Brébisson edited the exsiccata series Mousses de la Normandie, recueillies et publiées par L. Alphonse de Brébisson, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes (1826–39). He was a member of the Société linnéenne de Normandie and a founding member of the Société française de photographie. Brébisson, Louis Alphonse de
The castle of Chenonceau, photograph by Louis Alphonse de Brébisson. The estate is then the property of the count René Vallet de Villeneuve, grand nephew of Madame Dupin.
Louis Alphonse de Brébisson · Ministère de la Culture (France) - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - diffusion Réunion des musées nationaux: photographie du château de Chenonceau, propriété du comte René Vallet de Vi
Photograph from Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrards Album photographique de l'artiste et de l'amateur, issued in Lille in 1851. The album includes 36 plates, each with a single mounted photograph, and four pages with descriptions.
Louis Alphonse de Brébisson · Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, Album photographique de l'artiste et de l'amateur, Lille 1851
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• Name — Louis Alphonse de Brébisson • Born — 28 September 1798 • Birthplace — Falaise • Died — 26 April 1888 • Fields — Botany
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Louis Alphonse de Brébisson is recorded with the occupation botanical collector. Recorded as botanist, bryologist, photographer, botanical collector and naturalist.
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1798
Louis Alphonse de Brébisson was born on 25 September 1798.
1872
Louis Alphonse de Brébisson died on 26 April 1872.
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- Hélène Bocard. De Brébisson, Alphonse. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. New York. Taylor & Francis Group. 2008. 392-393. 9780415972352.
- E. Bacot, A. de Brébisson, A. Humbert de Molard : trois photographes en Basse-Normandie au : naissance d’un art : la photographie. Association régionale pour la diffusion de l'image. 1989. 2-908076-00-4.
- Photographie, les débuts en Normandie. Maison de la culture du Havre. 1989. 2-904836-23-3.
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Bréb, Louis Alphonse de Brebisson and Breb. His recorded language was French.
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