Georges Roffavier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist
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Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Georges Roffavier
- Georges Roffavier (17 September 1775, in Lyon – 12 March 1866, in Lyon) was a French botanist. In 1806 he studied botany under Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert, later taking part in botanical excursions to Grand-Colombier (1817), Mont-Cenis (1826) and Chamonix (1830).
- In 1830 he was named interim manager of the botanical garden at Lyon.With Nicolas Charles Seringe and others, he was a founding member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon, serving as its treasurer from 1822 to 1829.
- In 1864 he donated his collections, herbarium and library to Dr.
- Louis Lortet.Plants with the specific epithet of roffavieri are named in his honor, an example being Rosa roffavieri.
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