Auguste Vinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Auguste Vinson

French naturalist

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1819

Place of Birth: Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1903

Profession: physician, poet, zoologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jean-Dominique-Philippe-Auguste Vinson (4 August 1819, Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion – 27 August 1903, Saint-Denis, Réunion) was a French physician and naturalist.
His father, François-Auguste Vinson (1791-1851), was a noted physician and politician. He was educated in Saint-Denis, Nantes and Paris, where he studied medicine under Alfred Velpeau.
After finishing his studies in France, he returned to Saint-Denis.In 1862 Vinson was sent to Madagascar by Napoleon III to attend the coronation of Radama II.
While here, he conducted valuable investigations of the islands' flora and fauna.As a naturalist, he is known for his research of Araneidae (orb-weaver spiders) native to Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.
Vinson is also credited for being the first scientist to successively cultivate cinchona on Réunion.
Vinson was a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences.