Jacques Clarion, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French pharmacist
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Place of Birth: Saint-Pons, Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te d'Azur, France
About Jacques Clarion
- Jacques Clarion (12 October 1779 in Saint-Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 28 September 1844 in Garches) was a French physician, pharmacist and botanist. In his youth, he served as an apprentice-pharmacist in the town of Seyne, while in the meantime studying plants native to the Alps.
- Up until 1799, he performed military service as a pharmacist third-class in Italy.
- He later studied medicine in Paris, and in 1805 began work as a pharmacist in the service of Emperor Napoleon.
- In this role, he served as director of the pharmacy at the Palace Saint-Cloud, a position he maintained during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X. In 1819 he became an assistant professor at the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and in 1825 a professor of botany.
- From 1822 to 1830 he was a member of the Académie de Médecine. In 1812, the botanical genus Clarionea (Lagasca ex A.
- P.
- de Candolle, 1812) was named in his honor.
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