Gilbert Mandon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gilbert Mandon

French mining engineer and botanist

Date of Birth: 15-May-1799

Place of Birth: Saint-Étienne-des-Champs, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1866

Profession: naturalist, botanist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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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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