Gilbert Mandon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French mining engineer and botanist
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Place of Birth: Saint-Étienne-des-Champs, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Gilbert Mandon
- Gilbert Mandon (1799 – 1866) was a French mining engineer and botanist.
- Mandon is noted for his botanical work during the mid-nineteenth century while he was the director of a mine in Tipuani, Bolivia from 1848-1861.
- He collected over 1800 plants in the region between Tipuani and Sorata.
- Much of this collection is now housed in the herbarium of the Grand National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
- He also collected plant specimens in the Canary Islands, Portugal, and Tunisia.
- He initially trained to be a theologian and while in Paris worked as a tutor and secretary.
- Mandon closely connected to the species Taras mandonii .
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