Biographical Records
Michaux, André
Subject ID: 7512
| Last Name: | Michaux |
|---|---|
| First Name: | André |
| Birth Date: | 3 July 1746 |
| Birth Place: | Satory nr. Versailles, France |
| Death Date: | 11 October 1803 |
| Death Place: | Isantrana nr. Tamatave, Madagascar |
| Gender: | male |
| HI Archives Collection #: | GAC O, #94 |
| Other Holdings: | Journals: Amer. Phil. Soc., Philadelphia. Herbarium specimens in Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (see HI biog. general - Stuckey, Early Ohio..). |
| Notes: | No portrait extant, acc. to HI records. GAC O- letter from Delacroix re. Michaux, 5 July 1797. Date of death is uncertain. The following sources: Index Biog. Mem. Corres. l’Acad. Sci., Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1968, p. 383 and Nissen, Die Botanische Buch-illustration, Stuttgart, Hiersemann, 1966, p. 50 have been accepted by Dr. Buchheim (HIBD) as verification of death date cited above. [A. K. 25 April 1978]. No portrait at the Académie des Sciences (see corres. file; Berthon, Pierre. 1979). Coll. #94 -mentioned in notebook, vol. 3. |
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Collection #94
Alternate Names
- Michaux, A.
- Michaux, André
Specialties
Botany, Plant Collection, Plant Exploration