Théophile Alexis Durand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian botanist (1855–1912)
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Place of Birth: Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
About Théophile Alexis Durand
- Théophile Alexis Durand (4 September 1855, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode – 12 January 1912) was a Belgian botanist. He studied pharmacy at the University of Liège, afterwards travelling to Switzerland, where he befriended botanist Henri François Pittier, with whom he collaborated on studies of Swiss flora.
- When Pittier later moved to Costa Rica, he provided Durand with dried specimens for study purposes.
- Beginning in 1879, he was associated with the National Botanic Garden of Belgium, where in 1901, he succeeded François Crépin as its director.
- In 1910 he was appointed president of the International Botanical Congress, held in Brussels.With his daughter, illustrator Hélène Durand, he published "Sylloge Florae Congolanae" (1909).
- He also made significant contributions to the "Index Kewensis" (first supplement, 1901-1906).
- Some plants with the specific epithet of durandii commemorate his name, an example being Celtis durandii (family Cannabaceae).
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