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L’Héritier de Brutelle, Charles Louis
Subject ID: 40623
| Last Name: | L’Héritier de Brutelle |
|---|---|
| First Name: | Charles |
| Middle Names: | Louis |
| Birth Date: | 15 June 1746 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Date: | 16 August 1800 |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Gender: | male |
| HI Archives Collection #: | 136, #88, GAC, “Holdings in Other Repository” File |
| Other Holdings: | Conservatoire Botanique de Genève (198). Botanical Garden, Copenhagen and Turin - letters. |
| Notes: | GAC-3 letters to L’Heritier, 1790, 1794. #136-letters (7), 1782-1799. “Holdings...” file has typescripts of 3 letters from L’Heritier, 1787, 1791-origs, Copenhagen Bot Gdn. No portrait known to exist: "Unable to find a portrait. Jacques Rousseau searched for a portrait in various areas of France, and he too was unsuccessful." "Appears that no portrait is available. Carolyn Croll visited France, Linnean Society and Kew searching for one and found none." |
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Alternate Names
- L’Héritier, Charles Louis
- L’Héritier de Brutelle, Carolus Ludovicus
- L’Héritier de Brutelle, Charles
- L’Héritier de Brutelle, Charles Louis
- L’Héritier de Brutelle, Charles-Louis
- L’Héritier de Brutelle, C. L.
- L’Hértier de Brutelle, Charles Louis
Specialties
Exotic Plants, Floristics, Plant Collection, Taxonomy